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Me And My Uncle

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JOHN DENVER
ME AND MY UNCLE
-STUDIO VERSION-
(same sequence throughout)
Intro:
Em, Em, Em, Em, Em, Em,  Em  
Emme and mEmy uncle Emwent riEmdin on Emdown from GColorado
Gwest texas boundB7, we stoB7pped Emin SaEmnta FEme 
Emthat pGart Ga B7bout beiB7n half way
bEmesides iB7t was the hottest part Emof the day
wEme led oEmur ponEmies iEmnto a Emstall 
 Gwent to B7a barB7, boysEm, bougEmht drinks Emfor all
 Emtwo days Gin the Gsaddle; B7my bodB7y hurt
iGt bein' B7summer B7I took ofB7f my shirt
 Emand tried to wash off B7some of that dusty Emdirt
west texas cowboys all over town
with gold and silver, they're loaded down
just in from roundup you know it seemed a shame
and so my uncle starts a friendly game
high low jack, the winner takes again
and from the beginning my uncle started to win
 them Texas cowboys they was mad as sin
 some said he was cheatin, but that can't be 
 because my uncle, why he's honest as me
I'm as honest as a Denver man can be
one of them cowboys, you know he started to draw
I grabbed a bottle, slapped him in the jaw
I had to shoot another, now he won't grow old
in my confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold
                  Em                     Em          EmNC 
we hightailed it down to Mexico, went to mexico
god bless cowboys, god bless gold
god bless my uncle, god rest his soul
he taught me well boys taught me all I know 
taught me so well, that I grabbed the gold
           C               B7NC          E  
left him lyin' by the side of the road

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Me And My Uncle

by John Denver

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JOHN DENVER

ME AND MY UNCLE

-STUDIO VERSION-

(same sequence throughout)

Intro:

Em Em Em Em Em Em Em

, , , , , ,

Em Em Em Em Em G

me and my uncle went ridin on down from Colorado

G B7 B7 Em Em Em

west texas bound, we stopped in Santa Fe

Em G G B7 B7

that part a bout bein half way

Em B7 Em

besides it was the hottest part of the day

Em Em Em Em Em

we led our ponies into a stall

G B7 B7 Em Em Em

went to a bar, boys, bought drinks for all

Em G G B7 B7

two days in the saddle; my body hurt

G B7 B7 B7

it bein' summer I took off my shirt

Em B7 Em

and tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt

west texas cowboys all over town

with gold and silver, they're loaded down

just in from roundup you know it seemed a shame

and so my uncle starts a friendly game

high low jack, the winner takes again

and from the beginning my uncle started to win

them Texas cowboys they was mad as sin

some said he was cheatin, but that can't be

because my uncle, why he's honest as me

I'm as honest as a Denver man can be

one of them cowboys, you know he started to draw

I grabbed a bottle, slapped him in the jaw

I had to shoot another, now he won't grow old

in my confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold

Em Em Em

we hightailed it down to Mexico, went to mexico

god bless cowboys, god bless gold

god bless my uncle, god rest his soul

he taught me well boys taught me all I know

taught me so well, that I grabbed the gold

C B7 E

left him lyin' by the side of the road

About Me And My Uncle Chords by John Denver

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