Capo 2 Intro: Am D C G C G Am D Aunt Mattie bent a thousand times, down the long black rows G C G Am C D Then battled with the angry weeds, so little seeds could grow Bm C G C Come summer, Mattie pulled the snow from cruel and cutting bolls G C Am D She was patient pale and slender and was only eight years old G C G Am D Round 'n round the spinning wheel, beneath Aunt Mattie's boot G C G Am C D She recalled the soil and cotton seeds and summer's hopeful shoots Bm C G C Two winters spun out summer's threads, in rich and creamy folds G 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 weeds C D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needs C D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girl C D C G6 G We'll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world C G Am D Indigo and lavender made up Aunt Mattie's sky G C G Am C D Remembering her childhood days, she made the rustic dye Bm C G C In the hour before the day would end, it fed young Mattie's dream G 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 weeds C D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needs C D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girl C 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 row G C G Am C D And piece by piece and stitch by stitch, in fading candle glow Bm C G C The valley of the shadow cannot call her from her seams G 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 weeds C D G Em If we let the sun and rain assist and simplify our needs C D Em A7 If we follow in the barefoot path of one persistent girl C D C G6 G We'll throw a healing quilt across an ever ailing world OUTRO: Am D C G C G
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