Uncle John's Band

	  		
 
         G 
Well the first days are the hardest days, 
          C         G 
Don't you worry any more, 
       G 
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street, 
         C              G 
There is danger at your door. 
Am                      Em 
Think this through with me, 
C                D 
Let me know your mind, 
C   D          G       Am   G 
Wo, oh, what I want to know, 
   D       G 
Is are you kind? 
 
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; 
Better take my advice. 
You know all the rules by now 
And the fire from the ice. 
Will you come with me? 
Won't you come with me? 
Wo, oh, what I want to know, 
Will you come with me? 
 
G                 C 
Goddamn, well I declare, 
Am       G        D 
Have you seen the like? 
      C 
Their walls are built of cannonballs, 
      G     D         C        D 
Their motto is "Don't tread on me". 
G                      C    Am      G      D 
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide, 
C 
Come with me, or go alone, 
     G       D        C        D 
He's come to take his children home. 
 
 
G  D  C  D     G   D   C   D 
 
It's the same story the crow told me; 
It's the only one he knows. 
Like the morning sun you come 
And like the wind you go. 
Ain't no time to hate, 
Barely time to wait, 
Wo, oh, what I want to know, 
Where does the time go? 
 
I live in a silver mine 
And I call it Beggar's Tomb; 
I got me a violin 
And I beg you call the tune, 
Anybody's choice, 
I can hear your voice. 
Wo, oh, what I want to know, 
How does the song go? 
 
G                      C    Am     G    D 
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside, 
C 
Got some things to talk about, 
G      D        C      D 
Here beside the rising tide. 
 
G                      C    Am      G      D 
Come hear Uncle John's Band playing to the tide, 
C 
Come on along, or go alone, 
     G       D        C        D 
He's come to take his children home. 
 
 
 
G                            C            G 
Wo, oh, what I want to know, how does the song go.