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Me And My Uncle chords by John Denver

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Me and My Uncle
John Phillips/John Denver     (klr)

[Chord diagramA minorAm] Me and my Uncle went a ridin down
>From Colo [Chord diagramC majorC] rado, West Texas [Chord diagramE MajorE] bound
We stopped [Chord diagramA minorAm] over in Sante Fe,
Part it [Chord diagramC majorC] being  about half [Chord diagramE MajorE] way
[Chord diagramA minorAm] Besides it was the [Chord diagramE MajorE] hottest part of the [Chord diagramA minorAm] day

[Chord diagramA minorAm] We led our ponies into the stall
Went to a [Chord diagramC majorC] bar boys bought drinks for [Chord diagramE MajorE] all
Two days in the [Chord diagramA minorAm] saddle, my body hurt
It being [Chord diagramC majorC] summer, I took off my [Chord diagramE MajorE] shirt
And [Chord diagramA minorAm] tried to wash off [Chord diagramE MajorE] some of that dusty [Chord diagramA minorAm] dirt

[Chord diagramA minorAm] West Texas cowboys all over town
With gold and [Chord diagramC majorC] silver, they're loaded [Chord diagramE MajorE] down
Just in from [Chord diagramA minorAm] round up you know it seemed a shame
So my [Chord diagramC majorC] Uncle starts a friendly [Chord diagramE MajorE] game
Chord diagramA augmentedA [Chord diagramA minorAm] hollow jack the [Chord diagramE MajorE] winner takes the [Chord diagramA minorAm] gain

[Chord diagramA minorAm] From the beginning my Uncle started to win
Them Texas [Chord diagramC majorC] cowboys they was as mad as [Chord diagramE MajorE] sin
Some said he's [Chord diagramA minorAm] cheatin', ah but that can't be
Because my [Chord diagramC majorC] Uncle, he's as honest as [Chord diagramE MajorE] me
And [Chord diagramA minorAm] I'm about as honest as a [Chord diagramE MajorE] Denver man can [Chord diagramA minorAm] be

[Chord diagramA minorAm] One of them cowboys you know he started to draw
I grabbed a [Chord diagramC majorC] bottle, slapped him on the [Chord diagramE MajorE] jaw
I had to shoot [Chord diagramA minorAm] another, now he won't grow old
In the [Chord diagramC majorC] confusion, my Uncle grabbed the [Chord diagramE MajorE] gold
And [Chord diagramA minorAm] we hightailed it [Chord diagramE MajorE] down to Mexi [Chord diagramA minorAm]co
...Mexico...way down to Mexico

instrumental verse

[Chord diagramA minorAm] God bless cowboys, God bless gold
God bless my [Chord diagramC majorC] Uncle, God rest his [Chord diagramE MajorE] soul
He taught me [Chord diagramA minorAm] well Lord, taught me all I know
Taught me so [Chord diagramC majorC] well, that I grabbed the [Chord diagramE MajorE] gold
[Chord diagramA minorAm] Left him lying [Chord diagramE MajorE] there by the side of the [Chord diagramA minorAm] road

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