Uncle Lem
Uncle Lem

Uncle Lem chords by Merle Haggard

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    • Verse 1
    The ladies 
    of 
    the garden 
    club 
    say 

    His 
    home 
    is 
    just 
    a disgrace 
    to 
    the town 

    If the 
    Mayor 
    wants 
    re-elected 

    He'd 
    He'd better 
    pass 
    some 

    laws 
    and 
    tear 
    it down 

    Verse 2
    They 
    wanna 
    cover 
    it 
    with flowers 

    Maybe 
    even 
    plant 
    some 
    dogwood 
    trees 

    I 
    guess 
    that they've 
    forgotten 

    When we 
    were kids 

    what that 
    place 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Verse 3
    I 
    know 
    it's 
    just 
    a shanty 
    now 

    But Lord, 

    that 
    place 
    was built 
    with 
    human 
    tears 

    For 
    it's 
    the home 
    of 
    Uncle 
    Lem 

    Who was 
    born 
    and raised 
    and lived 

    there 
    ninety 
    years 

    Verse 4
    There's 
    not 
    a boy 
    in 
    this 
    whole 
    town 

    Hasn't 
    stopped 
    for water 
    at 
    his well 

    Or 
    sat on 
    his porch 
    in the 
    evenin' 

    And 
    listened 
    to 
    the stories 
    that 
    he'd 
    tell 

    Verse 5
    Oh, 
    his hair 
    was the 
    color 

    of 
    a cotton 
    field 

    And his 
    skin 
    was 
    old 
    and 
    brown 

    And he 
    was born 
    in that 
    rundown 
    shack 

    Before 
    there 
    was 
    a town 

    Verse 6
    He bought 
    that 
    shack 
    and 

    a piece 
    of 
    earth 

    For the 
    highest 
    price 
    to 
    pay 

    His 
    mom 
    was 
    bought 
    and sold 
    there 

    Uncle 
    Lem 
    was 
    born'd 
    a slave 

    Verse 7
    The 
    mayor 
    and 
    some 
    ladies 

    of the 
    garden 
    club 

    Went out 
    to 
    tell 
    Uncle 
    Lem 
    that 
    he'd have 

    to find 
    a new 
    place 
    to live 

    Well, they found 
    him 
    there 
    in 
    that old 

    broken 
    down 
    rockin' 
    chair 

    And on an 
    old 
    paper 
    bag 
    they 

    found his 
    will 

    Verse 8
    "Nor I wan
    na leave 
    my old 
    shotgun 

    to 
    the fine 
    mayor 
    of this 
    town 

    For I 
    remember 
    when he 
    a little 
    fella, 

    he used 
    to follow 
    me 
    around 

    I wish 
    I had 
    more to 
    give to my 

    friends 
    that 
    I 
    love 

    But 
    all I've 
    got 
    is this 
    old 

    shack 
    and a 
    piece 
    of earth 

    And 
    I want 
    it to 
    go 
    to the ladies 

    of 
    the garden 
    club" 

    Verse 9
    Oh, 
    his 
    hair 
    was the 
    color 

    of a 
    cotton 
    field 

    And his 
    skin 
    was 
    old 
    and 
    brown 

    And he 
    was born 
    in that 
    rundown 
    shack 

    Before 
    there 
    was 
    a town 

    Verse 10
    He 
    bought 
    that 
    shack 
    and 

    a piece 
    of 
    earth 

    For the 
    highest 
    price 
    to pay 

    His mom 
    was 
    bought 
    and sold 
    there 

    Uncle 
    Lem 
    was 
    born'd 
    a 
    slave 

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