Tonart: C major•
Verse 1
C
The ladies of the garden club say
G
His home is just a disgrace to the town
If the Mayor wants re-elected
He'd He'd better pass some
Verse 2
C
They wanna cover it with flowers
F
Maybe even plant some dogwood trees
G
I guess that they've forgotten
When we were kids
C
what that place used to be
Verse 3
C
I know it's just a shanty now
But Lord,
G
that place was built with human tears
For it's the home of Uncle Lem
Who was born and raised and lived
Verse 4
C
There's not a boy in this whole town
F
Hasn't stopped for water at his well
G
Or sat on his porch in the evenin'
C
And listened to the stories that he'd tell
Verse 5
G
Oh, his hair was the color
of a cotton field
F
C
And his skin was old and brown
F
C
And he was born in that rundown shack
G
Before there was a town
Verse 6
F
He bought that shack and
a piece of earth
C
For the highest price to pay
His mom was bought and sold there
G
C
Uncle Lem was born'd a slave
Verse 7
C
The mayor and some ladies
of the garden club
G
Went out to tell Uncle Lem that he'd have
to find a new place to live
C
Well, they found him there in that old
broken down rockin' chair
And on an old paper bag they
Verse 8
G
"Nor I wanna leave my old shotgun
to the fine mayor of this town
C
For I remember when he a little fella,
he used to follow me around
I wish I had more to give to my
G
But all I've got is this old
shack and a piece of earth
And I want it to go to the ladies
Verse 9
G
Oh, his hair was the color
of a cotton field
F
C
And his skin was old and brown
F
C
And he was born in that rundown shack
G
Before there was a town
Verse 10
F
He bought that shack and
a piece of earth
C
For the highest price to pay
His mom was bought and sold there
G
C
G
C
Uncle Lem was born'd a slave
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