Uncle Fred

G Am C D Uncle Fred, how are you set, for candy bars and ciga- -rettes Am C D Overalls and kerosene, baseball caps and maga- -zines G Am C D Let's all go to Brown's today, don't need a map to find the way C G C D G Sit on the porch and smoke a few, there's nothing else I'd rather do D G C Am D * Tell me 'bout the time you went, to Chuckey school for fifteen cents Am C D G *You saw AP. and Sara too, heard Mother Maybelle play that tune G D G G Am C Uncle Fred recalls the day, he left the farm and moved a-D-way Am sailed across the C deep blue sea, Panama to Waiki-D-ki G Am C D ** Served his country, did his time, still got the pictures in his mind C G C D G ** Scolfield Barracks, Diamond Head, "What a time," he smiled and said Instr ? Follow pattern of two lines just above** G Am C D Uncle Fred and R.G too, have a seat and tell a few Am C D Been working on that car today, it's out of gas and by the way G Am C D Just whittle on that stick a while, every now and then he'd smile C G C D G Calloused hands, a pocket knife, tobacco farmer all his life G Am C D Uncle Fred has passed away, I came to see his grave to- -day Am C D G "What a time," I smiled and said, still got the pictures in my head Instr Ending G D G C G D G do twice G D G C G D G do twice