Intro C
verse 1
F
Her hair was dyed black and she was bending down
Picking something from off the ground
C
She was seventeen
G
And he said, “Oh my god, it’s Kate”
C G
She said “No, I’m the daughter of Kate
F C
My name is Martha, who are you?
G C
Ma never told me, never told me about you”
Interlude
C F G C
verse 2
He put his big middle-aged hands upon her shoulders
F
And he looked her in the eyes
C
Just like a boy of nineteen would do
G
And she was not afraid
C G
No, she was not afraid
verse 3
C
Once upon a time two kids in love, in a car, were flyin’ over mountains
F
Trying to catch a boat that’d take ‘em up river to home
G C G
And they raced the Matapedia
F
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles
Ten, nine, eight
C G
And I was not afraid
C
No, I was not afraid
Interlude
C F G C
verse 4
Well, we made the boat with minutes to spare
F
And we crossed on over to the other side
C
Back home, safe and sound
G
But I could not slow down
C G
No, I could not slow down
C
(I could not slow down)
F G C G
And we raced the Matapedia
F
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles
Ten, nine, eight
C G
But I could not slow down
C G
No, I could not slow down
C
(I could not slow down)
G
And I was not afraid
C G C
No, I was not afraid
G
(I was not afraid)
C
And I was not afraid