Denver John - Me And My Uncle guitar tab

Me and My Uncle

John Phillips / John Denver

[Am] Me and my Uncle went a ridin down

From Colo [C] rado, West Texas [E] bound

We stopped [Am] over in Sante Fe,

Part it [C] being about half [E] way

[Am] Besides it was the [E] hottest part of the [Am] day

[Am] We led our ponies into the stall

Went to a [C] bar boys bought drinks for [E] all

Two days in the [Am] saddle, my body hurt

It being [C] summer, I took off my [E] shirt

And [Am] tried to wash off [E] some of that dusty [Am] dirt

[Am] West Texas cowboys all over town

With gold and [C] silver, they're loaded [E] down

Just in from [Am] round up you know it seemed a shame

So my [C] Uncle starts a friendly [E] game

A [Am] hollow jack the [E] winner takes the [Am] gain

[Am] From the beginning my Uncle started to win

Them Texas [C] cowboys they was as mad as [E] sin

Some said he's [Am] cheatin', ah but that can't be

Because my [C] Uncle, he's as honest as [E] me

And [Am] I'm about as honest as a [E] Denver man can [Am] be

[Am] One of them cowboys you know he started to draw

I grabbed a [C] bottle, slapped him on the [E] jaw

I had to shoot [Am] another, now he won't grow old

In the [C] confusion, my Uncle grabbed the [E] gold

And [Am] we hightailed it [E] down to Mexi [Am]co

...Mexico...way down to Mexico

instrumental verse

[Am] God bless cowboys, God bless gold

God bless my [C] Uncle, God rest his [E] soul

He taught me [Am] well Lord, taught me all I know

Taught me so [C] well, that I grabbed the [E] gold

[Am] Left him lying [E] there by the side of the [Am] road