Ben Folds Five – Uncle Walter (Guitar)

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Your Uncle Walter's going on and on

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Bout everything he's seen and done

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The voice of 50 years experience

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He's drunk watching the television

             Em7         A
You know he's been around the world

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Last night he flew to Baghdad in his magical armchair

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Cigarettes and a six pack, yeah, he just got back

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Now the spit's flying everywhere

                A7
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)

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You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)

               Em7              G
How could you leave me here so long

              A6
With Uncle Walter?

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Your Uncle Walter saw who fired the shots

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He drove his chair in the cavalcade

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He's flown from South Africa to countries where

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They beat themselves on the backs with chains

                       Em7    A
There was a fleet of battleships

Em7              A
And one reclining chair

      Dmaj7
Headed north on the Arabian sea

                        Em7      A
Now he's back to he'll tell us what

        Em7             A
He and his oldest boy Blair

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They're getting rich with their mail order scheme

        A7
Oh, oh, oh, oh (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)

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We're so glad you're home (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)

                      Em7          G
But how could you leave me here so long

             A6
With Uncle Walter?

Am7
Your Uncle Walter told me

                             Gmaj7
Everything he'd do if he was president

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Oh what a perfect world

      F#7
This world would be

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If he was President now, but he's not!!

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And he sees the children smoking pot

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He knows that in a moment they'll be shooting up heroin

                 Em7      A
Teardrops in his armchair

Em7          A
A 50 minute lecture

   G                             D
Tobacco juice rolling down his chin

                A7
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)

D               A7                                   D
You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long?)

                   Em7          G
How could you leave me here so long

              A6
With Uncle Walter?