Uncle Joes Mint Balls chords by Mike Harding

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA 1975 release by the 'Rochdale Cowboy'. Capo on 4 for correct key = E.

Intro = C majorC

Verse 1
C majorC                          G+G
Now there?s a place in Wigan a place you all should know
                        C majorC
A augmentedA busy little factory where things are all the go
                              FF
They don?t make Jakes or Eccles Cakes or things to stick on walls
  G+G                        C majorC
But night and day they work away at Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 2
C majorC                        G+G
Me dad has always wanted curly hair on his bald head
                           C majorC
Suck an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball that?s what the doctor said
                              FF
So he got an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball and sucked it all night long
   G+G                       C majorC
When he got up next morning he?d hairs all over his tongue

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 3
C majorC                       G+G
Me Uncle Albert passed away from ale upon the brain
                             C majorC
The doctors said that he were dead and would never walk again
                               FF
So they gave the corpse an Uncle Joe?s and then stood back aghast
     G+G                              C majorC
'Cos the corpse jumped up and ran to the pub and spent the insurance brass

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 4
C majorC                         G+G
Me granny said me granddad ?e were gettin? old and slow
                        C majorC
And fire in grandad?s boiler ?ad gone out long ago
                           FF
So ?e got an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball sucked it all the night
    G+G                      C majorC
But his hot breath singed her vest and set the bed alight

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 5
C majorC                         G+G
We ?ad a pigeon it were bald and couldn?t fly too fast
                       C majorC
Never won places in the races always come in last
                             FF
Though it were bald no feathers at all it won a race one day
  G+G                            C majorC
We give it an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball and it ran al?t bloody way

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 6
C majorC                         G+G
I had a girl her name was May in passion she were lackin?
                               C majorC
Fed ?er with whisky to make ?er frisky still she wouldn?t get crackin?
                            FF
So I gave her an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball to get ?er all aglow
G+G                          C majorC
Now she combs the streets of Wigan looking for Uncle Joe

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 7
C majorC                           G+G
We gave some to the coalman?s ?orse as it stood in the road
                           C majorC
It gave a cough then beggared off with it?s cart an? load
                    FF
It ran onto the racecourse going like a bird
G+G                              C majorC
Covered the track with nutty slack and came first second and third

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                             C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land

Verse 8
C majorC                    G+G
The RSPCA have bought six tons of Uncle Joe?s
                       C majorC
To give to all the animules to keep ?em all aglow
                           FF
Our budgie now is six foot tall the cat is eight foot three
  G+G                       C majorC
And all the poor brass monkeys are as happy as can be

Chorus
C majorC                     G+G
'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow
                       C majorC
Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go
                      FF
Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand
G+G                                   C majorC     C majorC
Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best....in....all....the.....l..a..n..d