Me and My Uncle Chords by Grateful Dead
- Key: D
- BPM: 111
- Capo: no capo
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ME AND MY UNCLE CHORDS
[Intro] [Verse] Em Em7 ■ ■ Me And My Uncle G Em Me and my uncle went ridin' down G Em South Colorado ■ West Texas bound G Em We stopped over in Santa Fe G A That bein' the point just about half way ■ B7 Em Em7 And you know it was the hottest part of the day ■ Em G Em ■ I took the horses up to the stall G Em Went to the barroom ordered drinks for all G Em Three days in the saddle you know my body hurt G A7 It bein' summer ■ I took off my shirt ■ A Em7 And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt [Chorus] G Em When Texas cowboys they's all around G Em With liquor and money they loaded down G Em So soon after payday know it seemed a shame G A You know my uncle he starts a friendly game E7 Highlow jack and the winner take the hand [Solo] Em G Em G Em G A G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B7 E7 Em ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G E7 My uncle starts winnin' cowboys got sore G Em One of them called him and then two more Em7 G Em7 Em Accused him of cheatin' Oh no it couldn't be G A7 I know my uncle he's as honest as me A B7 E7 Em7 And I'm as honest as a Denver man can be [Chorus] G Em7 One of them cowboys he starts to draw Em G ■ And I shot him down Lord he never saw Em G Well I grabbed a bottle cracked him in the jaw Em Shot me another oh damn he won't grow old G A7 A A7 In the confusion my uncle grabbed the gold ■ ■ G Em And we hightailed it down to Mexico Em7 Em G Em ■ ■ I love those cowboys I love their gold G Em I loved my uncle God rest his soul G Em Taught me good Lord Taught me all I know G A A7 Taught me so well I grabbed that gold ■ B7 G And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road [Outro] Em Em7 Esus4 Em D A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■