He's Your Uncle (Not Your Dad) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]He's your uncle, not your dad
He's [G]the best [Em]friend you ever [A]had
So, come [Bm]on, d[G]ig, [A]dig,
dig [F#m]in until[F#] it hur[Bm]ts
Just [E]re member Pearl
[A]Harbor[F#m]
[Bm]The Alamos

[Verse 2]
and nothing
could be [Em]worse[A]

[Verse 3]
He's your favor[D]ite relative
And he need[Em]s a lot to [A]live
So just [Bm]bring, [G]bring,
bring everything un[F#]til you [Bm]bleed
And he'll [E]send back [A]what he don't [D]need[G]
[D]If you're

[Verse 4]
[A]not in form, ten-
forty's your sal[D]vation
By depriva[G]tion [A]of temptatio[D]n
Dark and [G]blondes [Ab]I hear[C#]
[F#]are not [A]deductible
Oh, [D]say, can you [Bm]see i[D]f there's
[E]anything left for [A]me?
When he call[D]s you

[Verse 5]
as he may do
Don't be [Em]frightened,
red [A]white and blue
Just be [G]thank[Bm]ful you don't
live in [F#]Lenin[Bm]grad
He's [E]your uncle, [A]not your dad[D]

[Interlude 1]
[A][D][A]
[Bm][G][A][G][Bm][E][A][D][G][D]
[G]If you're [A]honest, you don't

[Verse 6]
have to shake and [D]shiver
The food [A]is lousy up the [D]river
It's [G]give and [C#]take and he
does all the [F#]taking
[A]Oh, [D]say, can you [Bm]see i[D]f there's
[E]anything left for [A]me?
[D]Life has two things you can't subtract

[Verse 7]
Death [G]and taxes [Em]to be exac[A]t
[Bm]So just [G]pa- pa- patriot[F#]ically de[Bm]clare
He's [E]your uncle, he's [A]your uncle,
not your [D]dad[G]
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