Chords for Joni Mitchell (Anderson) - Me & My Uncle (Live In-Studio 1965)
Tempo:
123.55 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
A
F
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] Sing along in chorus, on the whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
Tonight, let's sing out with the students of the University of Manitoba in [B] Winnipeg.
[A] [E] Let's sing out!
.
Featuring Joni Anderson, .
The Chapin,.
and Pat Sky.
Sing along in chorus, [B] on the [E] whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
[B].
Let's [E] sing out!.
[N] .
[Dm] .
[F] [A] [Dm] .
Me and my [A] uncle came [Dm] riding down from [F].
Colorado [A] where the Sturges bound.
[G] And [Dm] we [Am] stopped off in [Dm] Santa Fe, it'd [F] been a place about [A] halfway, [Dm] and [A] besides it was the hottest [Dm] part of the day.
.
We led our [A] ponies into [Dm] a stall, went to the [F] bar boys for [A] drinks all.
[Dm] Two days in the [A] saddle, my [Dm] body hurt, [F] it'd be in the summer.
Took [A] off my shirt [Dm] and tried [A] to wash off some neckerchief [Dm] dirt.
West Texas [A] cowboys all over [Dm] town, with gold [F] and silver, [A] they're loaded down.
[Dm] Just in from round [A] up, it seemed [Dm] a shame, and so my [F] uncle starts [A] a friendly game.
[Dm] Now it's hollow [A] joking and I take [Dm] the game.
.
From the beginning, [A] uncle [Dm] starts to win.
Them [F] Texas cowboys, they was [A] mad as sin.
[Dm] Some say he's [A] cheating, but [Dm] that can't be, because my uncle, [A] he's honest as me.
[Dm] And I'm as [A] honest as an infidel [Dm] can be.
One Texas [A] cowboy, he [Dm] starts to draw.
I [F] grabbed a bottle, slapped him [A] on the jaw.
I shot another, he [Dm] won't hold in the confusion.
Uncle [G] grabbed the [A].
gold, [Dm] and [A] he had hailed it down to [Dm] Mexico.
.
Now God bless [A] cowboys, and God [Em] bless gold.
[Dm] God bless my [F] uncle, [B] and rest his [A].
soul.
He [Dm] taught me well [G] .
boys, taught me [Bb] all I know.
[Dm] .
Taught me [F] so well boys, [A] I grabbed the gold.
[Dm] And I left him [A] lying [D] there, left him [A] lying there, [Dm] left [A] him lying there [Dm] by the side of the road.
.
[D] [N] .
Tonight, let's sing out with the students of the University of Manitoba in [B] Winnipeg.
[A] [E] Let's sing out!
.
Featuring Joni Anderson, .
The Chapin,.
and Pat Sky.
Sing along in chorus, [B] on the [E] whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
[B].
Let's [E] sing out!.
[N] .
[Dm] .
[F] [A] [Dm] .
Me and my [A] uncle came [Dm] riding down from [F].
Colorado [A] where the Sturges bound.
[G] And [Dm] we [Am] stopped off in [Dm] Santa Fe, it'd [F] been a place about [A] halfway, [Dm] and [A] besides it was the hottest [Dm] part of the day.
.
We led our [A] ponies into [Dm] a stall, went to the [F] bar boys for [A] drinks all.
[Dm] Two days in the [A] saddle, my [Dm] body hurt, [F] it'd be in the summer.
Took [A] off my shirt [Dm] and tried [A] to wash off some neckerchief [Dm] dirt.
West Texas [A] cowboys all over [Dm] town, with gold [F] and silver, [A] they're loaded down.
[Dm] Just in from round [A] up, it seemed [Dm] a shame, and so my [F] uncle starts [A] a friendly game.
[Dm] Now it's hollow [A] joking and I take [Dm] the game.
.
From the beginning, [A] uncle [Dm] starts to win.
Them [F] Texas cowboys, they was [A] mad as sin.
[Dm] Some say he's [A] cheating, but [Dm] that can't be, because my uncle, [A] he's honest as me.
[Dm] And I'm as [A] honest as an infidel [Dm] can be.
One Texas [A] cowboy, he [Dm] starts to draw.
I [F] grabbed a bottle, slapped him [A] on the jaw.
I shot another, he [Dm] won't hold in the confusion.
Uncle [G] grabbed the [A].
gold, [Dm] and [A] he had hailed it down to [Dm] Mexico.
.
Now God bless [A] cowboys, and God [Em] bless gold.
[Dm] God bless my [F] uncle, [B] and rest his [A].
soul.
He [Dm] taught me well [G] .
boys, taught me [Bb] all I know.
[Dm] .
Taught me [F] so well boys, [A] I grabbed the gold.
[Dm] And I left him [A] lying [D] there, left him [A] lying there, [Dm] left [A] him lying there [Dm] by the side of the road.
.
[D] [N] .
Key:
Dm
A
F
E
B
Dm
A
F
[E] _ _ _ _ Sing along in chorus, on the whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
Tonight, let's sing out with the students of the University of Manitoba in [B] Winnipeg.
_ [A] _ [E] Let's sing out!
_ .
Featuring Joni Anderson, _ _ _ _ .
The Chapin,.
_ _ _ and Pat Sky.
Sing along in chorus, [B] on the [E] whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
[B].
Let's [E] sing out!.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ Me and my [A] uncle came [Dm] riding down from [F].
Colorado [A] where the Sturges bound.
[G] And [Dm] we [Am] stopped off in [Dm] Santa Fe, it'd [F] been a place about [A] halfway, _ [Dm] and [A] besides it was the hottest [Dm] part of the day.
_ _ _ .
_ We led our [A] ponies into [Dm] a stall, went to the [F] bar boys for [A] drinks all.
[Dm] Two days in the [A] saddle, my [Dm] body hurt, [F] it'd be in the summer.
Took [A] off my shirt [Dm] and tried [A] to wash off some neckerchief [Dm] _ dirt.
_ _ _ West Texas [A] cowboys all over [Dm] town, with gold [F] and silver, [A] they're loaded down.
[Dm] Just in from round [A] up, it seemed [Dm] a shame, and so my [F] uncle starts [A] a friendly game.
[Dm] Now it's hollow [A] joking and I take [Dm] the game.
_ _ .
_ From the beginning, [A] uncle [Dm] starts to win.
Them [F] Texas cowboys, they was [A] mad as sin.
[Dm] Some say he's [A] cheating, but [Dm] that can't be, because my uncle, [A] he's honest as me.
_ _ [Dm] And I'm as [A] honest as an infidel [Dm] can _ _ _ be.
One Texas [A] cowboy, he [Dm] starts to draw.
I [F] grabbed a bottle, slapped him [A] on the jaw.
I shot another, he [Dm] won't hold _ in the confusion.
_ _ Uncle [G] grabbed the [A].
gold, [Dm] and [A] he had hailed it down to [Dm] Mexico.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ Now God bless _ [A] cowboys, _ and God [Em] bless gold.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ God bless my [F] uncle, _ _ [B] and rest his [A].
soul.
_ He [Dm] taught me well [G] _ .
boys, taught me [Bb] all I know.
[Dm] _ .
_ _ Taught me [F] so well boys, [A] I grabbed the gold.
[Dm] And I left him [A] lying [D] there, left him [A] lying there, [Dm] left [A] him lying there [Dm] by the side of the road.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Tonight, let's sing out with the students of the University of Manitoba in [B] Winnipeg.
_ [A] _ [E] Let's sing out!
_ .
Featuring Joni Anderson, _ _ _ _ .
The Chapin,.
_ _ _ and Pat Sky.
Sing along in chorus, [B] on the [E] whistle and shout, there's room for all in the Hoonigan Hossock College.
[B].
Let's [E] sing out!.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ Me and my [A] uncle came [Dm] riding down from [F].
Colorado [A] where the Sturges bound.
[G] And [Dm] we [Am] stopped off in [Dm] Santa Fe, it'd [F] been a place about [A] halfway, _ [Dm] and [A] besides it was the hottest [Dm] part of the day.
_ _ _ .
_ We led our [A] ponies into [Dm] a stall, went to the [F] bar boys for [A] drinks all.
[Dm] Two days in the [A] saddle, my [Dm] body hurt, [F] it'd be in the summer.
Took [A] off my shirt [Dm] and tried [A] to wash off some neckerchief [Dm] _ dirt.
_ _ _ West Texas [A] cowboys all over [Dm] town, with gold [F] and silver, [A] they're loaded down.
[Dm] Just in from round [A] up, it seemed [Dm] a shame, and so my [F] uncle starts [A] a friendly game.
[Dm] Now it's hollow [A] joking and I take [Dm] the game.
_ _ .
_ From the beginning, [A] uncle [Dm] starts to win.
Them [F] Texas cowboys, they was [A] mad as sin.
[Dm] Some say he's [A] cheating, but [Dm] that can't be, because my uncle, [A] he's honest as me.
_ _ [Dm] And I'm as [A] honest as an infidel [Dm] can _ _ _ be.
One Texas [A] cowboy, he [Dm] starts to draw.
I [F] grabbed a bottle, slapped him [A] on the jaw.
I shot another, he [Dm] won't hold _ in the confusion.
_ _ Uncle [G] grabbed the [A].
gold, [Dm] and [A] he had hailed it down to [Dm] Mexico.
_ .
_ _ _ _ _ Now God bless _ [A] cowboys, _ and God [Em] bless gold.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ God bless my [F] uncle, _ _ [B] and rest his [A].
soul.
_ He [Dm] taught me well [G] _ .
boys, taught me [Bb] all I know.
[Dm] _ .
_ _ Taught me [F] so well boys, [A] I grabbed the gold.
[Dm] And I left him [A] lying [D] there, left him [A] lying there, [Dm] left [A] him lying there [Dm] by the side of the road.
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .