Uncle John's Band Uke tab by Grateful Dead

4 Chords used in the song: C, D, Am, Em

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Artist: 
Year:  2003
Difficulty: 
2.5
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
C C D D C C D D  4x

C C C C C C C C C C
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more
C C C C C C C C
'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.
Am Am Em Em C C D D
Think this through with me, let me know your mind.
C C D D C C D D C C C C D D C C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

C C C C C C C C
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
C C C C C C C C
You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice.
Am Am Em Em C C D D
Will you come with me, won't you come with me?
C C D D C C D D C C C C D D C C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

C C C C C C Am Am C C D D
Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me.

C C C C Am Am C C D D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Come with me, or go alone, he s come to take his children home

C C D D C C D D 4x

C C C C C C C C C C
It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows.
C C C C C C C C
Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go.
Am Am Em Em C C D D
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait
C C D D C C D D C C C C D D C C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

C C C C C C C C
I live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb
C C C C C C C C
I got me a violin, and I beg you call the tune
Am Am Em Em C C D D
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice.
C C D D C C D D C C C C D D C C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

C C C C Am Am C C D D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
C C C C Am Am C C D D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Come on along or go alone, he s come to take his children home

C C D D C C D D C C C C D D C C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

C C C C Am Am C C D D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
C C C C Am Am C C D D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
C C Em Em C C D D C C D D
Come on along or go alone, he s come to take his children home

C C D D C C D D 4x

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