{"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":2271927,"song":"Me And My Uncle","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2271927-me-and-my-uncle-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2271927?type=chord","rating":4.57285,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMe and my uncle went a ridin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFrom Colorado West Texas bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe stopped over in Santa Fe[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe part of being about half way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBesides it was the hottest part of the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe led our ponies into a stall[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWent to a bar, boys, bought drinks for all[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTwo days in the saddle, my body hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd being summer, took off my shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWest Texas cowboys all over town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWith gold and silver, their loaded down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust in for round up, you know it seemed a shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd so my uncle starts a friendly game[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's \"Hi-lo Jack\", the winner takes the game[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the beginning my uncle started to win[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThem Texas cowboys they was mad as sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome said he's cheatin', ah, but that can't be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBecause my uncle, well, he's as honest as me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm about as honest as a Denver man can be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne of them cowboys, you know he started to draw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI grabbed a bottle, slapped him on the jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI had to shoot another now he won't grow old[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe hightailed it down to Mexico[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGod bless cowboys, god bless gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nGod bless my uncle, God rest his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe taught me well, boys, he taught me all I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTaught me so well that I grabbed the gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeft him lying there by the side of the road[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","Em","B7","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}