John Phillips - Me and my uncle

Me and my ^AmUncle came ^E7riding ^Amdown, From Colo^Crado, West Texas ^E7Bound, And we ^Amstopped off in ^E7Santa ^AmFe, That being the ^Cplace about half^E7way And be^Amsides it was the ^E7hottest part of the ^Amday

We led our ^Amhorses in^E7to a ^Amstall Went to the ^Cbar room, got drinks real ^E7tall Two days in the ^Amsaddle, my ^E7body ^Amhurt It being ^Csummer, took off my ^E7shirt And ^Amtried to wash off ^E7some of that dust and ^Amdirt

West Texas ^Amcowboys all ^E7over ^Amtown With gold and ^Csilver, they’re loade^E7d down Just in from ^Amround-up, it ^E7seemed a ^Amshame And so my ^CUncle starts a friendly ^E7game And it’^Ams high low Jacks and th^E7e winner takes th^Ame gain

From the b^Ameginning, near ^E7starts to ^Amend Them Texas ^Ccowboys, they just can’^E7t win Some say he’^Ams cheating, wel^E7l that can?^Am??t be Because my ^CUncle, he’s honest a^E7s me And ^AmI’m as honest as ^E7a Denver man ca^Amn be

One Texas ^Amcowboy, he ^E7starts to ^Amdraw I grabbed a ^Cbottle, slapped him on the ^E7jaw I shot a^Amnother, he ^E7won’t gro^Amw old In the con^Cfusion, Uncle grabbed the ^E7gold And ^Amwe high-tailed it ^E7down to Mexi^Amco

Now God bless ^Am(slowly)cowboys, and God bless ^Egold God bless my ^CUncle, and rest his ^E7soul He taught me ^Amwell, boys, taught me all I ^E7know Taught me so ^C(faster)well, boys, I grabbed the ^E7gold And I ^Amleft him lying ^E7there, ^Amleft him lying ^E7there ^AmLeft him lying ^E7there by the side of the ^Amroad