Uncle Joes Mint Balls chords by Mike Harding
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Key: E
A 1975 release by the 'Rochdale Cowboy'. Capo on 4 for correct key = E. Intro = C Verse 1 C G Now there?s a place in Wigan a place you all should know C A busy little factory where things are all the go F They don?t make Jakes or Eccles Cakes or things to stick on walls G C But night and day they work away at Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land
Verse 2 C G Me dad has always wanted curly hair on his bald head C Suck an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball that?s what the doctor said F So he got an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball and sucked it all night long G C When he got up next morning he?d hairs all over his tongue Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 3 C G Me Uncle Albert passed away from ale upon the brain C The doctors said that he were dead and would never walk again F So they gave the corpse an Uncle Joe?s and then stood back aghast G C 'Cos the corpse jumped up and ran to the pub and spent the insurance brass Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 4 C G Me granny said me granddad ?e were gettin? old and slow C And fire in grandad?s boiler ?ad gone out long ago F So ?e got an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball sucked it all the night G C But his hot breath singed her vest and set the bed alight Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 5 C G We ?ad a pigeon it were bald and couldn?t fly too fast C Never won places in the races always come in last F Though it were bald no feathers at all it won a race one day G C We give it an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball and it ran al?t bloody way Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 6 C G I had a girl her name was May in passion she were lackin? C Fed ?er with whisky to make ?er frisky still she wouldn?t get crackin? F So I gave her an Uncle Joe?s Mint Ball to get ?er all aglow G C Now she combs the streets of Wigan looking for Uncle Joe Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 7 C G We gave some to the coalman?s ?orse as it stood in the road C It gave a cough then beggared off with it?s cart an? load F It ran onto the racecourse going like a bird G C Covered the track with nutty slack and came first second and third Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best in all the land Verse 8 C G The RSPCA have bought six tons of Uncle Joe?s C To give to all the animules to keep ?em all aglow F Our budgie now is six foot tall the cat is eight foot three G C And all the poor brass monkeys are as happy as can be Chorus C G 'Cos Uncle Joe?s Mint Balls keep you all aglow C Give ?em to your grannie and watch the buggar go F Away with coughs and sniffles take a few in hand G C C Suck ?em and see you?ll agree they're the best....in....all....the.....l..a..n..d
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