CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: [Am] [D] [C] [G]
Aunt Mattie bent a [C]thousand [G]times, [Am]down the long black [D]rows
Then [G]battled with the [C]angry [G]weeds, so [Am]little [C]seeds could [D]grow
Come [Bm]summer, Mattie [C]pulled the snow from [G]cruel and cutting [C]bolls
She was [G]patient pale and [C]slender and was [Am]only eight years [D]old
[G]Round 'n round the [C]spinning [G]wheel, be[Am]neath Aunt Mattie's [D]boot
She re[G]called the soil and [C]cotton [G]seeds and [Am]summer's [C]hopeful [D]shoots
Two [Bm]winters spun out [C]summer's threads, in [G]rich and creamy [C]folds
And she [G]had a bolt of [C]cotton cloth when [Am]she turned [D]ten years [G]old
[CHORUS]
[C]If we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
Indigo and [C]laven[G]der made [Am]up Aunt Mattie's [D]sky
Re[G]membering her [C]childhood [G]days, she [Am]made the [C]rustic [D]dye
In the [Bm]hour before the [C]day would end, it [G]fed young Mattie's [C]dream
She made [G]indigo and [C]laven[G]der when [Am]she turned [D]just four[G]teen
[CHORUS]
[C]If we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
INSTRUMENTAL; (same as Verse)
Aunt [G]Mattie [C]bends a [G]thousand times, [Am]down each patchwork [D]row
And [G]piece by piece and [C]stitch by [G]stitch, in [Am]fading [C]candle [D]glow
The [Bm]valley of the [C]shadow cannot [G]call her from her [C]seams
Until [G]finishing her [C]lifetime's [G]work, she [Am]dies at [D]seven[G]teen
[CHORUS]
Oh, and [C]if we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
OUTRO: [Am] [D] [C] [G] [C] [G]
INTRO: [Am] [D] [C] [G]
Aunt Mattie bent a [C]thousand [G]times, [Am]down the long black [D]rows
Then [G]battled with the [C]angry [G]weeds, so [Am]little [C]seeds could [D]grow
Come [Bm]summer, Mattie [C]pulled the snow from [G]cruel and cutting [C]bolls
She was [G]patient pale and [C]slender and was [Am]only eight years [D]old
[G]Round 'n round the [C]spinning [G]wheel, be[Am]neath Aunt Mattie's [D]boot
She re[G]called the soil and [C]cotton [G]seeds and [Am]summer's [C]hopeful [D]shoots
Two [Bm]winters spun out [C]summer's threads, in [G]rich and creamy [C]folds
And she [G]had a bolt of [C]cotton cloth when [Am]she turned [D]ten years [G]old
[CHORUS]
[C]If we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
Indigo and [C]laven[G]der made [Am]up Aunt Mattie's [D]sky
Re[G]membering her [C]childhood [G]days, she [Am]made the [C]rustic [D]dye
In the [Bm]hour before the [C]day would end, it [G]fed young Mattie's [C]dream
She made [G]indigo and [C]laven[G]der when [Am]she turned [D]just four[G]teen
[CHORUS]
[C]If we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
INSTRUMENTAL; (same as Verse)
Aunt [G]Mattie [C]bends a [G]thousand times, [Am]down each patchwork [D]row
And [G]piece by piece and [C]stitch by [G]stitch, in [Am]fading [C]candle [D]glow
The [Bm]valley of the [C]shadow cannot [G]call her from her [C]seams
Until [G]finishing her [C]lifetime's [G]work, she [Am]dies at [D]seven[G]teen
[CHORUS]
Oh, and [C]if we bend and [D]plant the seeds and [G]tame the wicked [Em]weeds
If we [C]let the sun and [D]rain assist and [G]simplify our [Em]needs
If we [C]follow in the [D]barefoot path of [Em]one persistent [A7]girl
We'll [C]throw a healing [D]quilt across an [C]ever [G6]ailing [G]world
OUTRO: [Am] [D] [C] [G] [C] [G]
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