Blue Highway - Uncle fred

^GUncle Fred, how ^Amare you set, for ^Ccandy bars and ciga- ^D-rettes ^AmOveralls and ^Ckerosene, baseball caps and maga- ^D-zines ^GLet's all go to ^AmBrown's today, ^Cdon't need a map to find the ^Dway ^CSit on the porch and ^Gsmoke a few, there's ^Cnothing else I'd ^Drather ^Gdo

* ^DTell me 'bout the ^Gtime you went, to ^CChuckey school for ^Amfifteen ^Dcents *You saw A.P. and ^AmSara too, heard ^CMother Maybelle ^Dplay that ^Gtune

^GUncle Fred ^Amrecalls the day, he ^Cleft the farm and moved a-(D-way ^Amsailed across the (C deep blue sea, Panama to Waiki-(D-ki ** ^GServed his country, ^Amdid his time, ^Cstill got the pictures in his ^Dmind ** ^CScolfield Barracks, ^GDiamond Head, ^C"What a time," he ^Dsmiled and ^Gsaid

^GUncle Fred and ^AmR.G. too, ^Chave a seat and tell a ^Dfew ^AmBeen working on that ^Ccar today, it's out of gas and by the ^Dway ^GJust whittle on that ^Amstick a while, ^Cevery now and then he'd ^Dsmile ^CCalloused hands, a ^Gpocket knife, ^Ctobacco farmer ^Dall his ^Glife

^GUncle Fred has ^Ampassed away, I ^Ccame to see his grave to- ^D-day ^Am"What a time," I ^Csmiled and said, still got the pictures ^Din my ^Ghead

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