Uncle Johns Band

Intro: 
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[Verso 1]
 
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Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore 
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'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at the door 
Am                      Em  C                D 
Think this through with me, let me know your mind 
C   D         G       D* C* G    D       G      G      G 
Oh, oh, all I want to know    is are you kind 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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It's a buck, dancer's choice, my friend, you better take my advice 
G                G                    C*          G 
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice 
Am                 Em  C                   D 
Will you come with me, won't you come with me? 
C   D         G       D* C* G      D             G      G      G7 
Oh, oh, all I want to know,   will you come with me? 
 


[Refrão]
 
N.C.          C*     Am       Em       D 
God damn, I declare. Have you seen the light? 
      C                    C 
Their walls are built with cannonballs 
      G     D         C        D 
Their motto is "Don't tread on me" 
G           C*          C     Am      Em     D 
  Come hear Uncle John's band, playing to the tide 
C                C 
Come on along or go alone 
     G       D        C        D 
He's come to take his children home 
 

Interlude: 
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[Verso 3]
 
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It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows 
G                    G              C*              G 
Like the morning sun   you come and like the wind you go 
Am               Em    C              D 
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait 
C   D         G       D* C* G       D        G      G      G 
Oh, oh, all I want to know,   where does the time go? 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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  I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb 
G               G            C*              G 
  I've got me a violin and I beg you, call the tune 
Am        Em      C               D 
Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice 
C   D         G       D* C* G     D        G      G      G 
Oh, oh, all I want to know,   how does the song go?  



[Refrão]
 
C* 
Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside 
N.C. 
Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide 
G                 G*    C*   Am*    Em*   D 
  Come hear Uncle John's band, playing to the tide 
C                C 
Come on along or go alone 
     G       D        C        D 
He's come to take his children home 

Outro: 
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