Me And My Uncle chords by Judy Collins

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Me and my  (A minor) uncle went ridin' down
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From Col (F sharpdim) orado,  (F major) west Texas  (E major) bound
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And we stopped  (A minor) off in Santa Fe
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It bein' the part  (C major) about half- way  (G major) 
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And be (F major) sides,
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it was the  (E major) hottest part of  (A minor) the day
We led our ponies into a stall
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Went to the  (F sharpdim) bar,     boys,  (D minor) 
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bought drinks for  (Esus4) all       (E major) 
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Two days in the saddle,  (A minor) my body hurt
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It bein'  (C major) summer, took off my  (G major) shirt
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 (C major) And tried  (F major) to wash off some  (E major) 
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of that dusty dirt  (A minor) 
West Texas cowboys all over town
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With gold and silver  (F sharpdim) 
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 (F major) they're loaded  (Esus4) down      (E major) 
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Just in  (A minor) from round- up,
it seemed a shame
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So my  (C major) uncle starts a friendly  (G major) game  (C major)  (G major) 
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High-  (F major) low Jacks and the
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 (E major) winner takes the  (A minor) gains
From the beginnin' uncle starts to win
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Them Texas cowboys,  (F sharpdim) 
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 (F major) they was  (D minor) mad  (Esus4) as sin
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Some say  (A minor) he's cheatin',
but that can't be
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'Cause my uncle,  (C major) he's honest  (G major) as me
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And  (F major) I'm as honest as a
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 (E major) Denver man can  (A minor) be
One of them cowboys, he starts to draw
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I grabbed a bottle,  (F sharpdim) 
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 (F major) slapped him on the  (E minor) jaw  (E major) 
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I shot an (A minor) other, he won't grow old  (C major) 
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In the confusion uncle grabbed the gold  (G major) 
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And we  (F major) high- tailed it  (E major) down to Mexico
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 (A minor)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (F major)  (Esus4)  (E major)  (D minor)  (Bdim)  (E major)  (A minor)  (E major)  (A minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (F major)  (E major)  (A minor) Now,
God bless cowboys and God bless gold
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God bless my  (F sharpdim) uncle     (F major) and
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rest his soul  (Esus4)  (E minor) 
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He taught me  (A minor) well, boys,
taught me all I know
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Taught me so well  (C major) that I grabbed  (G major) the gold
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And I  (F major) left him layin' there  (E major) 
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by the side  (E minor) of  the  (C major) road