Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Matapedia CAPO: 2nd Fret [Intro] C [Verse 1]

Her hair was dyed black and she was bending down ^F Picking something from off the ground She was ^Cseventeen And he said, “Oh my god, it’s^G Kate” She said “^CNo, I’m the daughter of ^GKate My name is ^FMartha, who are ^Cyou? ^GMa never told me, never told me about ^Cyou”

[Interlude] C F G C [Verse 2] He put his big middle-aged hands upon her shoulders

And he ^Flooked her in the eyes Just like a boy of nine^Cteen would do And she was not a^Gfraid No, she was not a^Cfraid ^G

[Verse 3]

^COnce upon a time two kids in love, in a car, were flyin’ over mountains Trying to catch a boat that’d take ‘em up river to ^Fhome

[Chorus]

And they raced the ^GMata^Cpedi^Ga ^FSixty minutes, sixty miles

Thirty minutes, thirty miles Twenty minutes, twenty miles Ten, nine, eight

And ^CI was not a^Gfraid No, I was not a^Cfraid

[Interlude] C F G C [Verse 4] Well, we made the boat with minutes to spare

And we crossed^F on over to the other side Back home, safe and^C sound But I could not sl^Gow down No, I could not sl^Cow down ^G (I could not sl^Cow down)

[Chorus]

And ^Fwe raced the ^GMata^Cpedi^Ga ^FSixty minutes, sixty miles

Thirty minutes, thirty miles Twenty minutes, twenty miles Ten, nine, eight

But ^CI could not sl^Gow down No, I could not sl^Cow down ^G (I could not sl^Cow down) And I was not a^Gfraid No, I was not a^Cfraid ^G ^C (I was not a^Gfraid) And I was not a^Cfraid