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Uncle Pen
(Phish version)
Lyrics & chords by: Gene L. Graham (ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu)
Tablature by: Kenji Julius Yamaguhchi (mjkenji@earthlink.net)
Original song by Bill Monroe
Intro lick:
H P *
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|-------------------------------------------13---13-12----13----------------------
G-|-------14-14----------------------------14------------14----14-------------------
D-|----14-------14-16-14---11--------11-14------------------------14-11-------11-14-
A-|-12------------------------14-12-------------------------------------14-12-------
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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E-|------------------------------
B-|-------13---------------------
G-|-14-14----14-14--------------- Repeat once from * stop at #
D-|----------------14-11---------
A-|----------------------14-12---
E-|------------------------------
(I will leave it someone to fix the chords WITHOUT CAPO)
CAPO: 2nd Fret/KEY: A/PLAY: G
[G] Oh, the people would come from far away
They'd dance all night till the [D] break of day [G]
When the caller hollered "do-si-do"
You knew Uncle Pen was [D] ready to go. [G] [G7]
CHORUS
[C] Late in the ev'nin' a-[G] bout sundown
High on the hill and a-[D] bove the town [G]
Well Uncle Pen played the fiddle, Lordy, how it would ring
You could hear it talk, you could [D] hear it sing. [G]
He played an old piece he called "Soldier's Joy"
And the one he called "Boston Boy"
The greatest of all was "Jenny Lynn"
To me that's where fidd'lin' began.
CHORUS
PART A
P H P
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B-|----------12-15-12----13-12-13-12----13---------19---19----20-19-20----20-19-20----20----
G-|-12-12-14----------12-------------14----14-----------------------------------------------
D-|-------------------------------------------14--------------------------------------------
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
P H P
E-|---------------------------------------------------14------------------------------------
B-|----------12-15-12----13-12-13-12----13---------15-----15-12----15-12--------------------
G-|-12-12-14----------12-------------14----14-------------------12-------12----------12-----
D-|-------------------------------------------14----------------------------12-12-12--------
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
JAM
PART B Play either a) or b) x4
a)
H P P
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B-|---------13---------------------------------------------------------
G-|-12-13-12---13-12---12-12-------------------------------------------
D-|--------------------------12---12-----------------------------------
A-|----------------------------------15--------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
b)
P H P
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B-|----------------13--------------------------------------------------
G-|-13-12----12-13------13-12--12-12-----------------------------------
D-|----------------------------------12---12---------------------------
A-|------------------------------------------15------------------------
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
PART C ("London bridge" part) Play x2
H H
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B-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-|-------12-----------------12------------------------12----12-14-------12-------------
D-|-14-15----12-14-15--14-15----12---------------14-15-----15------14-15-----12---------
A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------15------
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Play both PART B & C again, then
[Trey doesn't play this part ]
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B-|----------------12----12-------|---------------------13-14-15-----------
G-|----12-13-14-15----------13----|---------13-14-15-16--------------------
D-|-14-------------------------14-|--14--16--------------------------------
A-|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
E-|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------
I'll never forget that mournful day
When Uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow
They knew it was time for him to go.
CHORUS
OUTRO LICK
E-|-17-14--14----------------------
B-|-----------17----14-------------
G-|--------------------16---14-----
D-|-----------------------14-------
A-|--------------------------------
E-|--------------------------------
Lyrics from Phish.net:
Oh, the people would come from far and away,
They'd dance all night 'till the break of day,
When the caller would holler "Do-si-do,"
You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go.
Late in the evening about sun down,
High on the hill and above the town,
Uncle Pen played the fiddle, lord a how it'd ring,
You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing.
Oh, he played an old piece he called Soldier's Joy,
And he had one he called Boston Boy,
The greatest of all was Ginny Lyn,
To me that's where the fiddlin begin.
Oh, I'll never forget that mournful day,
When Uncle Pen was called away,
They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow,
You knew it was time for him to go.