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Phone Calls From My Uncle by J.B. Beverley
Phone Calls From My Uncle
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
G C G C G Em D C G
Sarge said son, take this machine gun, shoot 'em if they stand or if they run, had to lock and load
G C G C G Em D C C G
Huey to the red zone, wondering if I'd make it home, scared to the bone
[Verse 2]
G C G C G Em D C
We hit the ground, they fired off some rounds, made a cemetary out of their town
C G C G C G Em D C G
Then they sent us west, put the unit to the test, then they pinned a medal on my chest, still no rest
[Chorus]
Em D G C
Hadn't been stateside but just a little while, when Uncle Sam rang my phone line
Em D G C G
Said you're shipping out 06:00 on the first so you best get yourself some family time, my wife cried
[Verse 3]
G C G C G Em D C G
This time around we got pinned down had to leave 8 brothers in the ground, but I got clear
G C G C G Em D C G
Home by New Year's, wife and son couldn't hold back the tears, daddy's really here
[Chorus]
Em D G C
Hadn't been stateside but just a little while, when Uncle Sam rang my phone line
Em D G C G
Said you're shipping out 06:00 on the first so you better get yourself some family time, out of my mind
[Verse 4]
G C G C G Em D C G
Ten years gone, just another pawn in some chess match at the Pentagon but I stand the course
C G C G Em D C G
Wife filed for divorce, Uncle Sam ain't got no remorse and now it's time to go
G C G C G Em D C G
Sending me down the road to a place that I don't know, sendin' me home
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