C
He's your uncle, not your dad.
Dm7G
He's the best friend, you ever had.
FmEmEm/CAm
So, come on, dig, dig, dig in until it hurts.
D7G
Just remember, Pearl Harbor.
AmD7G
(The Alamo and nothing could be worse.)
[Verse 2]
C
He's your favourite, (hum) relative. (hum)
DmG7
And he needs a (hum) lot to live. (hum)
C
So just bring, bring, bring,
EAm
everything until you bleed.
DGF/C
(And he'll send back what he don't need.)
[Chorus 1]
CDGC
If you're not in form, ten-forty's your salvation,
GC
by deprivation of temptation.
F#7B7E
(Darks and blondes I hear are not deductible.)
CAm
Oh, say, can you see?
CmD7G7G7
If there's anything left for me?
[Verse 3]
C
When he calls you, (hum) as he may do. (hum)
DmG
Don't be frightened, (hum) red, white and blue. (hum)
Am/CDm/CEmAm
Just be thankful you don't live in Leningrad.
DGC
He's your uncle, not your dad.
{Instrumental}
(Military march)
[Chorus 2]
CGC
If you're honest, you don't have to shake and shiver.
GC
The food is lousy, up the river.
B7E
(It's give and take and he does all the takin'.)
CAm
Oh, say, can you see?
CDGG
If there's anything left for me?
[Verse 4]
C
Life has two things, (hum) you can't subtract. (hum)
FDmG
(Death and taxes, (hum) to be exa-act (hum).)
FCAm
So just pay, pay patriotically, be glad.
DGC
He's your uncle, he's your uncle, not your da-a-a-a-ad.