Matapedia chords by Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle

• Capo on 2nd

Capo 2

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