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”
CG
She said “No, I’m the daughter of Kate
FC
My name is Martha, who are you?
GC
Ma never told me, never told me about you”
[Interlude]
CFGC
[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
CG
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
[Chorus]
GCG
And they raced the Matapedia
F
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles
Ten, nine, eight
CG
And I was not afraid
C
No, I was not afraid
[Interlude]
CFGC
[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
CG
No, I could not slow down
C
(I could not slow down)
[Chorus]
FGCG
And we raced the Matapedia
F
Sixty minutes, sixty miles
Thirty minutes, thirty miles
Twenty minutes, twenty miles
Ten, nine, eight
CG
But I could not slow down
CG
No, I could not slow down
C
(I could not slow down)
G
And I was not afraid
CGC
No, I was not afraid
G
(I was not afraid)
C
And I was not afraid