Tom: G
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 A.P. and Sara too, heard Mother Maybelle play that tune
[Instrumental]
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
Instrumental ? 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
Instrumental Ending
G D G C G D G
do twice
G D G C G D G
do twice
