Uncle Lem chords by
Merle Haggard

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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C

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The ladies of the garden club say

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His home is just a disgrace to the town

If the Mayor wants re-elected

He'd He'd better pass some

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laws and tear it down

Verse 2

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They wanna cover it with flowers

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Maybe even plant some dogwood trees

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I guess that they've forgotten

When we were kids

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what that place used to be

Verse 3

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I know it's just a shanty now

But Lord,

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that place was built with human tears

For it's the home of Uncle Lem

Who was born and raised and lived

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there ninety years

Verse 4

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There's not a boy in this whole town

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Hasn't stopped for water at his well

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Or sat on his porch in the evenin'

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And listened to the stories that he'd tell

Verse 5

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Oh, his hair was the color

of a cotton field

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C

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And his skin was old and brown

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And he was born in that rundown shack

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Before there was a town

Verse 6

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He bought that shack and

a piece of earth

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For the highest price to pay

His mom was bought and sold there

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C

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Uncle Lem was born'd a slave

Verse 7

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The mayor and some ladies

of the garden club

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Went out to tell Uncle Lem that he'd have

to find a new place to live

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Well, they found him there in that old

broken down rockin' chair

And on an old paper bag they

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found his will

Verse 8

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"Nor I wanna leave my old shotgun

to the fine mayor of this town

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For I remember when he a little fella,

he used to follow me around

I wish I had more to give to my

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friends that I love

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But all I've got is this old

shack and a piece of earth

And I want it to go to the ladies

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of the garden club"

Verse 9

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Oh, his hair was the color

of a cotton field

F

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C

C

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And his skin was old and brown

F

F

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C

C

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And he was born in that rundown shack

G

G

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Before there was a town

Verse 10

F

F

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He bought that shack and

a piece of earth

C

C

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For the highest price to pay

His mom was bought and sold there

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G

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C

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C

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Uncle Lem was born'd a slave

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