Chords for Uncle Lem

The ladies of the garden club say his home is just a disgrace [G] to the town
_ [D] If the mayor wants [G] re-elected, he better [D] pass some laws and [C] tear it down _
They want to cover it with flowers, [G] maybe even plants and [F] dogwood trees
[Gm] I guess that [G] they've forgotten when we were kids what that place [C] used to be _
I know it's just a shanty now, but Lord that place was built with [G] human tears
For it's the home of Uncle Lim, who was born and raised and lived there [C] ninety years _
There's not a boy in this whole town that hasn't stopped for water at [F] his well
_ [G] I sat on his porch in the evening and listened to the stories that [C] he'd tell _
[G] His hair was the color of cotton fields [F] and his skin was old [C] and brown
_ [F] He was born in [C] that run-down shack before there was [G] a town
_ He [F] bought that shack and piece of earth [C] for the highest price he paid
_ His mom just bought the soul that [G] Uncle Lim was born [C] to slay _
The mayor and some ladies of the garden club went out to that old shack to tell Uncle Lim
that he'd have to find another [G] place to live _ _ _
But they found him there in [C] that old broken-down rocking chair _
And on an old brown paper sack, they found his [F] well
_ Now [G] I want to leave my old shotgun to the fine mayor of this town
For I [C] remember when he was just a little fella and he used to follow me around
Lord I wish I had more to leave than my friends [F] that I love
But Lord [G] all I've got's this old shack and piece of earth
And I want it to go to the [C] ladies of the garden club _
[G] His hair was the color of cotton fields [F] and his skin was [C] old and brown
_ [F] And he was born in [C] that run-down shack before there was [G] a town
_ _ [F] He bought that shack and piece of earth [C] for the highest price he paid
_ His mom just bought the soul that [G] Uncle Lim was [C] born to slay _
His mom just bought the soul that [G] Uncle Lim was born [C] to slay
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