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 chordC D chordD C chordC D chordD  4x

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

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

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

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

C chordC D chordD C chordC D chordD 4x

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

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

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

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

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

C chordC D chordD C chordC D chordD 4x

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About this song: Uncle John's Band

According to the Uncle John's Band Songfacts, this was the first time the epithet "God Damn" had been heard in a commercially-released song.

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