Chords with lyrics
Me and My Uncle
John Phillips/John Denver (klr)
[A minorAm] Me and my Uncle went a ridin down
>From Colo [C majorC] rado, West Texas [E MajorE] bound
We stopped [A minorAm] over in Sante Fe,
Part it [C majorC] being about half [E MajorE] way
[A minorAm] Besides it was the [E MajorE] hottest part of the [A minorAm] day
[A minorAm] We led our ponies into the stall
Went to a [C majorC] bar boys bought drinks for [E MajorE] all
Two days in the [A minorAm] saddle, my body hurt
It being [C majorC] summer, I took off my [E MajorE] shirt
And [A minorAm] tried to wash off [E MajorE] some of that dusty [A minorAm] dirt
[A minorAm] West Texas cowboys all over town
With gold and [C majorC] silver, they're loaded [E MajorE] down
Just in from [A minorAm] round up you know it seemed a shame
So my [C majorC] Uncle starts a friendly [E MajorE] game
A augmentedA [A minorAm] hollow jack the [E MajorE] winner takes the [A minorAm] gain
[A minorAm] From the beginning my Uncle started to win
Them Texas [C majorC] cowboys they was as mad as [E MajorE] sin
Some said he's [A minorAm] cheatin', ah but that can't be
Because my [C majorC] Uncle, he's as honest as [E MajorE] me
And [A minorAm] I'm about as honest as a [E MajorE] Denver man can [A minorAm] be
[A minorAm] One of them cowboys you know he started to draw
I grabbed a [C majorC] bottle, slapped him on the [E MajorE] jaw
I had to shoot [A minorAm] another, now he won't grow old
In the [C majorC] confusion, my Uncle grabbed the [E MajorE] gold
And [A minorAm] we hightailed it [E MajorE] down to Mexi [A minorAm]co
...Mexico...way down to Mexico
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[A minorAm] God bless cowboys, God bless gold
God bless my [C majorC] Uncle, God rest his [E MajorE] soul
He taught me [A minorAm] well Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so [C majorC] well, that I grabbed the [E MajorE] gold
[A minorAm] Left him lying [E MajorE] there by the side of the [A minorAm] road