Me And My Uncle chords by John Phillips

Chords with lyrics

Here's my rendition of Me and My Uncle. for the breaks, just solo over the verse chords. best with two people.

Me and My Uncle by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas (key of C#m, capo 4th)

Capo on 4th fret

Intro: A minorAm C majorC E7E7 A minorAm

     A minorAm     E7E7   A minorAm
Me and my Uncle came riding down,
     C majorC        E7E7
From Colorado, West Texas Bound,
    A minorAm       E7E7  A minorAm
And we stopped off in Santa Fe,
        C majorC        E7E7
That being the place about halfway
   A minorAm        E7E7         A minorAm
And besides it was the hottest part of the day

      A minorAm    E7E7  A minorAm
We led our horses into a stall
      C majorC             E7E7
Went to the bar room, got drinks real tall
        A minorAm     E7E7  A minorAm
Two days in the saddle, my body hurt
     C majorC          E7E7
It being summer, took off my shirt
  A minorAm        E7E7          A minorAm
And tried to wash off some of that dust and dirt

(break)

      A minorAm     E7E7  A minorAm
West Texas cowboys all over town
       C majorC           E7E7
With gold and silver, they?re loaded down
       A minorAm      E7E7    A minorAm
Just in from round-up, it seemed a shame
     C majorC            E7E7
And so my Uncle starts a friendly game
     A minorAm           E7E7        A minorAm
And it?s high low Jacks and the winner takes the gain


     A minorAm       E7E7    A minorAm
From the beginning, near starts to end
      C majorC            E7E7
Them Texas cowboys, they just can?t win
       A minorAm       E7E7     A minorAm
Some say he?s cheating, well that can?t be
      C majorC           E7E7
Because my Uncle, he?s honest as me
  A minorAm         E7E7       A minorAm
And I?m as honest as a Denver man can be

     A minorAm     E7E7    A minorAm
One Texas cowboy, he starts to draw
      C majorC             E7E7
I grabbed a bottle, slapped him on the jaw
    A minorAm     E7E7     A minorAm
I shot another, he won?t grow old
     C majorC             E7E7
In the confusion, Uncle grabbed the gold
  A minorAm        E7E7     A minorAm
And we high-tailed it down to Mexico

(break)

       Am(slowly)       E MajorE
Now God bless cowboys, and God bless gold
       C majorC          E7E7
God bless my Uncle, and rest his soul
       A minorAm             E7E7
He taught me well, boys, taught me all I know
       C(faster)         E7E7
Taught me so well, boys, I grabbed the gold
   A minorAm       E7E7   A minorAm       E7E7
And I left him lying there, left him lying there
A minorAm       E7E7            A minorAm
Left him lying there by the side of the road