John Denver - Me and my uncle

Me^G and my uncle went a ridin' do^Emwn From Colorad^Go West Texas bound^B7 We stopped ov^Ger in Santa Fe ^Em The part of be^Ging about half wa^B7y Besi^Emdes it was the hott^Best part of the d^Emay

W^Ge led our ponies into a stal^Eml Went to a ba^Gr, boys, bought drinks for a^B7ll Two da^Gys in the saddle, my body hu^Emrt And being s^Gummer, took off my shi^B7rt And tr^Emied to wash of^Bf some of that dusty di^Emrt

West Texas cow^Gboys all over tow^Emn With gol^Gd and silver, their loaded dow^B7n Just in for roun^Gd up, you know it seemed a sha^Emme And so my un^Gcle starts a friendly ga^B7me It's "H^Emi-lo Jack", the winn^Ber takes the gam^Eme

From the beg^Ginning my uncle started to wi^Emn Them Texas cow^Gboys they was mad as sin ^B7 Some said he's che^Gatin', ah, but that can't b^Eme Because my uncle, we^Gll, he's as honest as ^B7me I'm about as^Em honest as a Den^Bver man can be^Em

One of them cow^Gboys, you know he started to d^Emraw I grabbed a bott^Gle, slapped him on the jaw^B7 I had to shoot anothe^Gr now he won't grow ol^Emd In the confusi^Gon my uncle grabbed the go^B7ld We h^Emightailed it do^Bwn to Mexi^Emco

God bless cowboy^Gs, god bless gol^Emd God bless my un^Gcle, God rest his soul^B7 He taught me well, ^Gboys, he taught me all I k^Emnow Taught me so well t^Ghat I grabbed the go^B7ld Left him ly^Eming there b^By the side of the r^Emoad