Chords for Elton Britt - Uranium Fever

_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
Well, I don't know, but I've been told,
Uranium ore is worth more than gold.
So, I'm a cad, I bought me [Bb] a jeep,
I got [Eb] that bug and I can't sleep.
_ Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got me [Eb] down.
_ _ Uranium fever [F] is spreading [Bb] all around.
With a Geiger counter in my hand,
[Ab] I'm a-going out to take me some government [Eb] land.
[Cm] Uranium fever [F] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
Well, I had a talk with the AEC,
and they brought out some maps that looked good to me.
And one showed me a [Ab] spot, he said he knowed.
[Bb] So, I straddled my jeep [Eb] and headed down the road.
I reckon I drove about a hundred miles
down a bumpy road [Bb] out through the wilds.
[Cm] When all of a sudden I bounced [Bb] to a stop
at the foot of [Eb] a mountain didn't have no top.
_ Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got me down.
_ _ Uranium [F] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
With a [Eb] Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm a-going out to take me some government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has [Eb] gone and got me down.
_ Well, I took my Geiger and I started to climb
right up to the top where I thought I'd find
a hunk of [Ab] rock that'd make it click
just [Gm] like I'd read about [Eb] Vernon Pick.
On the second day I made the top,
and I'm telling you, Steve, I was ready to stop.
The only clicking that I heard [Bb] that day
was the bones [Eb] in my back that had gone astray.
_ Uranium fever [Ab] has gone and got me [Eb] down.
_ _ Uranium [F] fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
[Ab] I'm a-going out to take [Bb] me some government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone and got [Eb] me down.
_ Well, you pack up your things, you head out again
into some unknown spot where nobody's been.
You reach the [Ab] spot where your fortune lies.
[Bb] You find it's been staked by [Eb] 17 other guys. _ _
Well, I ain't [Ebm] kidding, I ain't gonna quit.
[Eb] That bug's done caught me and I've been bit.
So with a Geiger counter [Ab] and a pick in my hand,
I'll [Bb] keep right on staking that [Eb] government land.
_ Uranium [Ab] fever has gone and got me [Eb] down. _
Uranium fever is spreading [Bb] all around.
[Eb] With a Geiger counter in my hand,
I'm a-going [Bb] out to take me some [D] government [Eb] land.
Uranium fever [F] has gone [Bbm] and got [Eb] me down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _