{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2003377,"song":"Uncle Lem","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2003377-uncle-lem-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2003377?type=chord","rating":0.10877,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe ladies of the garden club say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis home is just a disgrace to the town[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf the Mayor wants re-elected\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd better pass some laws and tear it down[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey wanna cover it with flowers\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMaybe even plant some dogwood trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess that they've forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen we were kids what that place used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know it's just a shanty now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Lord, that place was built with human tears[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor it's the home of Uncle Lem\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho was born and raised and lived there ninety years[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere's not a boy in this whole town\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHasn't stopped for water at his well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr sat on his porch in the evenin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd listened to the stories that he'd tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, his hair was the color of a cotton field[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his skin was old and brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he was born in that rundown shack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore there was a town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe bought that shack and a piece of earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the highest price to pay[/tab]\r\n\r\nHis mom was bought and sold there\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUncle Lem was born'd a slave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe mayor and some ladies of the garden club[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWent out to tell Uncle Lem that he'd have to find a new place to live[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell, they found him there in that old broken down rockin' chair\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd on an old paper bag they found his will[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Now I wanna leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I remember when he a little fella, he used to follow me around[/tab]\r\n\r\nLord, I wish I had more to give to my friends that I love\r\n\r\nBut all I've got is this old shack and a piece of earth\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I want it to go to the ladies of the garden club\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, his hair was the color of a cotton field[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his skin was old and brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he was born in that rundown shack[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore there was a town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe bought that shack and a piece of earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the highest price to pay[/tab]\r\n\r\nHis mom was bought and sold there\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUncle Lem was born'd a slave[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nIf the Mayor wants re-elected\n\n\nThey wanna cover it with flowers\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nFor it's the home of Uncle Lem\n\n\nThere's not a boy in this whole town\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis mom was bought and sold there\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\nWell, they found him there in that old broken down rockin' chair\n\n\n\"Now I wanna leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town\n\n\nLord, I wish I had more to give to my friends that I love\n\nBut all I've got is this old shack and a piece of earth\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis mom was bought and sold there","chords":["C","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}