G Am C D Uncle Fred, how are you set, for candy bars and ciga- -rettesAm C D Overalls and kerosene, baseball caps and maga- -zinesG Am C D Let's all go to Brown's today, don't need a map to find the wayC G C D G Sit on the porch and smoke a few, there's nothing else I'd rather doD G C Am D * Tell me 'bout the time you went, to Chuckey school for fifteen centsAm C D G *You saw A.P. and Sara too, heard Mother Maybelle play that tune [Instrumental]G D GContinues after the adG Am C Uncle Fred recalls the day, he left the farm and moved a-(D-wayAm sailed across the (C deep blue sea, Panama to Waiki-(D-kiG Am C D ** Served his country, did his time, still got the pictures in his mindC G C D G ** Scolfield Barracks, Diamond Head, "What a time," he smiled and said Instrumental ? Follow pattern of two lines just above**G Am C D Uncle Fred and R.G. too, have a seat and tell a fewAm C D Been working on that car today, it's out of gas and by the wayG Am C D Just whittle on that stick a while, every now and then he'd smileC G C D G Calloused hands, a pocket knife, tobacco farmer all his lifeG Am C D Uncle Fred has passed away, I came to see his grave to- -dayAm C D G "What a time," I smiled and said, still got the pictures in my head Instrumental EndingG D G C G D G do twiceG D G C G D G do twice
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