Uncle Walter chords by Ben Folds Five

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD

Verse 1:
A7A7            G6G6
Your Uncle Walter's going on and on
   D/F#D/F#      E minor 7Em7    D MajorD
Bout everything he's seen and done
  A7A7          G6G6
The voice of 50 years experience
   D/F#D/F#        E minor 7Em7   D MajorD
He's drunk watching the television

Verse 2:
       E minor 7Em7     A augmentedA
You know he's been around the world
E minor 7Em7         A augmentedA        Dmaj7Dmaj7
Last night he flew to Baghdad in his magical armchair
         E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA   E minor 7Em7     A augmentedA
Cigarettes and a six pack, yeah, he just got back
     G+G          D MajorD
Now the spit's flying everywhere

Chorus 1:
        A7A7
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)
D MajorD        A7A7               D MajorD
You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)
        E minor 7Em7       G+G
How could you leave me here so long
       A major 6A6
With Uncle Walter?

Instrumental:
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD

Verse 3:
A7A7             G6G6
Your Uncle Walter saw who fired the shots
       D/F#D/F#     E minor 7Em7   D MajorD
He drove his chair in the cavalcade
   A7A7             G6G6
He's flown from South Africa to countries where
        D/F#D/F#     E minor 7Em7    D MajorD
They beat themselves on the backs with chains

Verse 4:
            E minor 7Em7  A augmentedA
There was a fleet of battleships
E minor 7Em7       A augmentedA
And one reclining chair
   Dmaj7Dmaj7
Headed north on the Arabian sea
            E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
Now he's back to he'll tell us what
    E minor 7Em7       A augmentedA
He and his oldest boy Blair
G+G                 D MajorD
They're getting rich with their mail order scheme

Chorus 2:
    A7A7
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)
D MajorD          A7A7               D MajorD
We're so glad you're home (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)
           E minor 7Em7     G+G
But how could you leave me here so long
       A major 6A6
With Uncle Walter?

Bridge 1:
Am7Am7
Your Uncle Walter told me
               Gmaj7Gmaj7
Everything he'd do if he was president
       F#7F#7  C#m7-5
Oh what a perfect world
   F#7F#7
This world would be
E minor 7Em7           G7G7
If he was President now, but he's not!!

Instrumental:
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD

Verse 5:
             E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
And he sees the children smoking pot
E minor 7Em7        A augmentedA           Dmaj7Dmaj7
He knows that in a moment they'll be shooting up heroin
         E minor 7Em7   A augmentedA
Teardrops in his armchair
E minor 7Em7     A augmentedA
A majorA 50 minute lecture
  G+G               D MajorD
Tobacco juice rolling down his chin

Chorus 3:
        A7A7
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)
D MajorD        A7A7                  D MajorD
You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)
          E minor 7Em7     G+G
How could you leave me here so long
       A major 6A6
With Uncle Walter?

Outro:
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D MajorD
A7A7 G6G6 D/F#D/F# E minor 7Em7 D7D7