D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4   D   Dsus4


[Verse 1]
D           Dsus4  D      Bm  C         G      D     Dsus4
Now Matthew was a country boy until one day he found
D           Dsus4  D      Bm    C         G             D      Dsus4
That cheatin' folks was easier than plowin' his daddy's ground
D           Dsus4  D      Bm   C      G            D    Dsus4
He left his home back in Ohio, bound for Chicago's town
D           Dsus4                 Bm
He crossed Big Jim and turned his back
G        C       G
A bullet cut him down

[Interlude]
G F# G G# (on the bass strinng)

[Chorus]
A         G         F#m   G
And as he lay there dying
Bm                     E
He said "Will I see my Ohio?"
G     F#m     Em     D
In my reply I lied a bit
C        G         D    Dsus4
And said I did not know


[Verse 2]
D           Dsus4  D      Bm
Now Jim McCall he was meek and small
C         G      D     Dsus4
And to become a man
D           Dsus4  D      Bm
He'd have to build himself up tall
C         G      D     Dsus4
With fancy folks and land
D           Dsus4  D      Bm
He threw some stones at honest friends
C         G      D     Dsus4
And he got himself these things
D           Dsus4  D      Bm
His children left him and he sneered
 G        C             G
"That's what my kindness brings"

[Interlude]

  G  F# G  G#
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|3--2--3--4-|

[Chorus]
A         G         F#m   G
And on the south side he got lost
Bm                     E
He asked me where to go
G     F#m     Em     D
In my reply I lied a bit
C        G         D    Dsus4
And said I did not know


[Bridge]
A         G         F#m   G
Yes Miss Lazy Susan called me up
Bm                     E
She heard I stole the show


[Chorus]
G     F#m     Em     D
In my reply I lied a bit
C        G         D    Dsus4
And said I did not know


[Outro]
G     F#m     Em     D   C        G         D    Dsus4
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know