Uncle John's Band

Chords

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Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more 
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'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.
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Think this through with me, let me know your mind.
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Woh - oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?

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It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
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You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice.
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Will you come with me, won't you come with me?
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Woh - oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?

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Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
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Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me.

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Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
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Come with me, or go alone, he s come to take his children home

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It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows.
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Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go.
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Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait
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Woh - oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?

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I live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb
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I got me a violin, and I beg you call the tune
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Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice.
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Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

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Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
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Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
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Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
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Come on along or go alone, he s come to take his children home

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Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?

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Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
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Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
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Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
C                    Em         C       D        C        D
Come on along or go alone, he s come to take his children home

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