Chords for Me and my uncle- John Denver
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
G
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A] I didn't say that.
[D] Did I?
I try so hard not to say that [G] anymore.
[C] But sometimes it just comes [G] out.
I don't know.
Cowboy songs.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] Me and my uncle went riding down
from [G] Colorado, West [B] Texas bound.
We [Em] stopped over in Santa Fe,
part [G] of Vietnam,
about [B] halfway.
[Em] Besides, it [B] was the hottest part of [Em] the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
Went to [G] a bar of ours,
bought drinks [B] for all.
Two days [Em] in the saddle,
my body hurt.
Me and [G] Summer took off [B] my shirt
[Em] and tried to wash [B] off some of that dusty [Em] dirt.
West Texas cowboys all over town
with gold [G] and silver,
they're [B] loaded down.
[Em] [E]
[G] [B]
[Em]
[Em] From the beginning,
my uncle started the wind.
In Texas [G] cowboys,
they was [B] mad as sin.
Some [Em] said he's cheating.
Oh, but that can't be.
[G] Because my uncle,
he's [B] as honest as me.
[Em] I'm about [B] as honest as a Denver [Em] man can be.
One of them cowboys,
you know, he started to draw.
I [G] grabbed a bottle,
slapped [B] him on the jaw.
I had [E] to shoot [Em] another.
Now he won't grow old.
[G] In the confusion,
my uncle [B] grabbed the gold.
[Em] We high [B]-tailed it down [Em] to Mexico.
Mexico, way down to Mexico.
[E] [B]
[E] [G]
[B] [F#] [B]
[Em] [E] [G] [D]
[B]
[Em] [E]
[F#] [Em] [F#m] [D]
[B] [Em]
[F#] [G]
[B]
[Em]
God bless cowboys.
God bless gold.
God bless [G] my uncle.
God rest [B] his soul.
He taught me [Em] well, boys.
Taught me all I know.
Taught me so [G] well
that I grabbed the [B] gold.
[C] Left him [B] lying there
by the side of [E] the road.
[Em]
[N]
Alan Garibaldi, the bass.
[D] Did I?
I try so hard not to say that [G] anymore.
[C] But sometimes it just comes [G] out.
I don't know.
Cowboy songs.
[Em]
[E]
[Em] Me and my uncle went riding down
from [G] Colorado, West [B] Texas bound.
We [Em] stopped over in Santa Fe,
part [G] of Vietnam,
about [B] halfway.
[Em] Besides, it [B] was the hottest part of [Em] the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
Went to [G] a bar of ours,
bought drinks [B] for all.
Two days [Em] in the saddle,
my body hurt.
Me and [G] Summer took off [B] my shirt
[Em] and tried to wash [B] off some of that dusty [Em] dirt.
West Texas cowboys all over town
with gold [G] and silver,
they're [B] loaded down.
[Em] [E]
[G] [B]
[Em]
[Em] From the beginning,
my uncle started the wind.
In Texas [G] cowboys,
they was [B] mad as sin.
Some [Em] said he's cheating.
Oh, but that can't be.
[G] Because my uncle,
he's [B] as honest as me.
[Em] I'm about [B] as honest as a Denver [Em] man can be.
One of them cowboys,
you know, he started to draw.
I [G] grabbed a bottle,
slapped [B] him on the jaw.
I had [E] to shoot [Em] another.
Now he won't grow old.
[G] In the confusion,
my uncle [B] grabbed the gold.
[Em] We high [B]-tailed it down [Em] to Mexico.
Mexico, way down to Mexico.
[E] [B]
[E] [G]
[B] [F#] [B]
[Em] [E] [G] [D]
[B]
[Em] [E]
[F#] [Em] [F#m] [D]
[B] [Em]
[F#] [G]
[B]
[Em]
God bless cowboys.
God bless gold.
God bless [G] my uncle.
God rest [B] his soul.
He taught me [Em] well, boys.
Taught me all I know.
Taught me so [G] well
that I grabbed the [B] gold.
[C] Left him [B] lying there
by the side of [E] the road.
[Em]
[N]
Alan Garibaldi, the bass.
Key:
Em
B
G
E
D
Em
B
G
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ I didn't say that.
[D] Did I? _ _ _
I try so hard not to say that [G] anymore.
_ _ [C] But sometimes it just comes [G] out.
I don't know. _ _
Cowboy songs.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Me and my uncle went riding down
from [G] Colorado, _ West [B] Texas bound.
We [Em] stopped over in Santa _ Fe,
part [G] of Vietnam,
_ about [B] halfway.
_ _ [Em] Besides, it [B] was the hottest part of [Em] the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
_ Went to [G] a bar of ours,
bought drinks [B] for all.
Two days [Em] in the saddle,
my body hurt.
_ Me and [G] Summer took off [B] my shirt
_ [Em] and tried to wash [B] off some of that dusty [Em] dirt.
_ West Texas cowboys all over town
with gold [G] and silver,
they're [B] loaded down.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Em] From the beginning,
my uncle started the wind.
In Texas [G] cowboys,
they was [B] mad as sin.
Some [Em] said he's cheating.
Oh, but that can't be.
_ [G] Because my uncle,
he's [B] as honest as me.
_ _ [Em] I'm about [B] as honest as a Denver [Em] man can be.
_ One of them cowboys,
you know, he started to draw.
I [G] grabbed a bottle,
slapped [B] him on the jaw.
I had [E] to shoot [Em] another.
Now he won't grow old.
_ [G] In the confusion,
my uncle [B] grabbed the gold.
_ _ [Em] We high [B]-tailed it down [Em] to Mexico.
_ _ Mexico, _ way down to Mexico.
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ God bless cowboys.
God bless gold.
God bless [G] my uncle.
_ God rest [B] his soul.
He taught me [Em] well, boys.
Taught me all I know.
Taught me so [G] well
that I grabbed the [B] gold.
_ _ [C] Left him [B] lying there
by the side of [E] the road.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ Alan Garibaldi, the bass. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] Did I? _ _ _
I try so hard not to say that [G] anymore.
_ _ [C] But sometimes it just comes [G] out.
I don't know. _ _
Cowboy songs.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Me and my uncle went riding down
from [G] Colorado, _ West [B] Texas bound.
We [Em] stopped over in Santa _ Fe,
part [G] of Vietnam,
_ about [B] halfway.
_ _ [Em] Besides, it [B] was the hottest part of [Em] the day.
We led our ponies into a stall.
_ Went to [G] a bar of ours,
bought drinks [B] for all.
Two days [Em] in the saddle,
my body hurt.
_ Me and [G] Summer took off [B] my shirt
_ [Em] and tried to wash [B] off some of that dusty [Em] dirt.
_ West Texas cowboys all over town
with gold [G] and silver,
they're [B] loaded down.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Em] From the beginning,
my uncle started the wind.
In Texas [G] cowboys,
they was [B] mad as sin.
Some [Em] said he's cheating.
Oh, but that can't be.
_ [G] Because my uncle,
he's [B] as honest as me.
_ _ [Em] I'm about [B] as honest as a Denver [Em] man can be.
_ One of them cowboys,
you know, he started to draw.
I [G] grabbed a bottle,
slapped [B] him on the jaw.
I had [E] to shoot [Em] another.
Now he won't grow old.
_ [G] In the confusion,
my uncle [B] grabbed the gold.
_ _ [Em] We high [B]-tailed it down [Em] to Mexico.
_ _ Mexico, _ way down to Mexico.
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ God bless cowboys.
God bless gold.
God bless [G] my uncle.
_ God rest [B] his soul.
He taught me [Em] well, boys.
Taught me all I know.
Taught me so [G] well
that I grabbed the [B] gold.
_ _ [C] Left him [B] lying there
by the side of [E] the road.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ Alan Garibaldi, the bass. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _