4 Chords used in the song: C, D, Am, Em
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C D C D 4x
C C C C C
Well the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more
C C C C
'Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.
Am Em C D
Think this through with me, let me know your mind.
C D C D C C D C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, is are you kind?
C C C C
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend; better take my advice.
C C C C
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 C D C C D C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, will you come with me?
C C C Am C D
Goddamn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
C Em C D C D
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is don't tread on me.
C C Am C D
Come hear Uncle John's Band, playing to the tide
C Em C D C D
Come with me, or go alone, he s come to take his children home
C D C D 4x
C C C C C
It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows.
C C C C
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 C D C C D C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, where does the time go?
C C C C
I live in a silver mine, and I call it Beggar's Tomb
C C C C
I 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 C D C C D C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?
C C Am C D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
C Em C D C D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
C C Am C D
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
C D C D C C D C
Woh - oh, what I want to know, how does the song go?
C C Am C D
Come hear the Uncle John's Band, by the riverside
C Em C D C D
Got some things to talk about, here beside the risin' tide
C C Am C D
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
C D C D 4x
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About this song: Uncle John's Band
According to the Uncle John's Band Songfacts, this was the first time the epithet "God Damn" had been heard in a commercially-released song.