INTRO: Am D C GC G Am D Aunt Mattie bent a thousand times, down the long black rowsG C G Am C D Then battled with the angry weeds, so little seeds could growBm C G C Come summer, Mattie pulled the snow from cruel and cutting bollsG C Am D She was patient pale and slender and was only eight years oldG C G Am D Round 'n round the spinning wheel, beneath Aunt Mattie's bootG C G Am C D She recalled the soil and cotton seeds and summer's hopeful shootsBm C G C Two winters spun out summer's threads, in rich and creamy foldsG C Am D G And she had a bolt of cotton cloth when she turned ten years old CHORUS:C D G Em If we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsC D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsC D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlC D C G6 G We'll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing worldC G Am D Indigo and lavender made up Aunt Mattie's skyG C G Am C D Remembering her childhood days, she made the rustic dyeBm C G C In the hour before the day would end, it fed young Mattie's dreamG C G Am D G She made indigo and lavender when she turned just fourteen CHORUS:C D G Em If we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsC D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsC D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlC D C G6 G We'll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world INSTRUMENTAL; (same as Verse)G C G Am D Aunt Mattie bends a thousand times, down each patchwork rowG C G Am C D And piece by piece and stitch by stitch, in fading candle glowBm C G C The valley of the shadow cannot call her from her seamsG C G Am D G Until finishing her lifetime's work, she dies at seventeen CHORUS:C D G Em Oh, and if we bend and plant the seeds and tame the wicked weedsC D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needsC D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girlC D C G6 G We'll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world
Aunt Matties Quilt
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