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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3[Intro] e|--7--10------7------5----------7-7-10-5-5---7--3-3-5-2p0----------------| B|--------10------8—----7p5-------8------7--------5--------3--------------| G|-------------------------7----------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse] G C G Oh, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry any more, G C G 'Cause when life looks like Easy Street there is danger at your door. Am Em C D Think this through with me; let me know your mind. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, is are you kind. G C G It's a buck dancer's choice, my friend, better take my advice; G C G You know all the rules by now, and the fire from the ice. Am Em C D Will you come with me, won't you come with me? C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, will you come with me? [Refrain] G C G Am G D God damn! Well I declare! Have you seen the like? D C G D C D Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is "Don't tread on me". G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide, C G D C D Come with me or go alone, he's come to take his children home [Instrumental] G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm C D G Bm C D [Verse] G C G It's the same story the crow told me, it's the only one he knows; G C G Like the morning sun you come, and like the wind you go. Am Em C D Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want know-oh, where does the time go? G C G I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb; G C G I've got me a violin and I beg you, call a tune. Am Em C D Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice. C D G D C G D G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? [Refrain] G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside C G D C D Got some things to talk about here beside the rising tide. G C Am G D Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide C G D C D Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. [Instrumental] G Dm C Dm e|--------------------------| B|—-------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|-3/5-7-5------------------| A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----| E|----------------8---------| x 7 Dsus2 D5 Dsus2 D5 Dsus2 D5 Dsus2 D5 [Bridge] D5 C G Whoa-oh, what I want to know-oh, how does the song go? (A capella) Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside [Chorus/Outro] Got some things to talk about, here beside the rising tide. G C Am G D Come here Uncle John's band playing to the tide, C G D C D Come on along or go alone, he's come to take his children home. Dm G c Dm G C Dm G C Dsus2 e|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------| B|—-------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------| G|--------------------------||--------------------------||--------------------------| D|-3/5-7-5------------------||-3/5-7-5------------------||-3/5-7-5------------------| A|---------8-5--7---7-5-----||---------8-5--7---7-5-----||---------8-5--7---7-5-----| E|----------------8---------||----------------8---------||----------------8---------| La lala lala, la lala lala, la lala. lalaaaaa......