Elvis Presley – Hes Your Uncle Not Your Dad (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C
He's your uncle, not your dad.

              Dm7              G
He's the best friend, you ever had.

         Fm       Em       Em/C        Am
So, come on, dig, dig, dig in until it hurts.

       D7            G
Just remember, Pearl Harbor.

     Am                         D7      G
(The Alamo and nothing could be worse.)
[Verse 2]
                C
He's your favourite, (hum) relative. (hum)

       Dm                   G7
And he needs a (hum) lot to live. (hum)

        C
So just bring, bring, bring,

             E       Am
everything until you bleed.

           D         G             F/C   
(And he'll send back what he don't need.)
[Chorus 1]
C         D                G               C
If you're not in form, ten-forty's your salvation,

        G             C
by deprivation of temptation.

           F#7       B7             E
(Darks and blondes I hear are not deductible.)

    C            Am
Oh, say, can you see?  

Cm          D7                G7     G7
 If there's anything left for me?
[Verse 3]
        C
When he calls you, (hum) as he may do. (hum)

              Dm                      G
Don't be frightened, (hum) red, white and blue. (hum)

        Am/C     Dm/C      Em           Am
Just be thankful you don't live in Leningrad.

          D     G         C
He's your uncle, not your dad.
{Instrumental} (Military march) [Chorus 2]
C         G                                   C
If you're honest, you don't have to shake and shiver.

            G             C
The food is lousy, up the river.

               B7                       E
(It's give and take and he does all the takin'.)

    C            Am
Oh, say, can you see? 

C           D                 G      G
 If there's anything left for me?
[Verse 4]
             C
Life has two things, (hum) you can't subtract. (hum)

           F      Dm           G
(Death and taxes, (hum) to be exa-act (hum).)

        F             C            Am
So just pay, pay patriotically, be glad.

            D              G               C
He's your uncle, he's your uncle, not your da-a-a-a-ad.