[Intro]

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[Verse]

             
Oh, the first 

              
days are the h

              
ardest days, d

             
on't you worry

      
 any more,
             
'Cause when li

              
fe looks like 

              
Easy Street th

             
ere is danger 

         
at your door.
            
Think this thr

            
ough with me; 

             
let me know yo

    
ur mind.
            
Whoa-oh, what 

            
I want to know

           
-oh, is are yo

   
u kind.
             
It's a buck da

              
ncer's choice,

              
 my friend, be

             
tter take my a


dvice;
             
You know all t

              
he rules by no

             
w, and the fir

            
e from the ice

.
            
Will you come 

           
with me, won't

              
 you come with

 
 me?
            
Whoa-oh, what 

            
I want to know

           
-oh, will you 

      
come with me?


[Refrain]

             
God damn! Well

          
 I declare! Ha

             
ve you seen th

   
e like?
            
Their walls ar

              
e built of can

              
nonballs, thei

            
r motto is "Do

            
n't tread on m

e".
             
Come hear Uncl

             
e John's band 

           
playing to the

 
 tide,
             
Come with me o

              
r go alone, he

            
's come to tak

             
e his children

 
 home


[Instrumental]

                              


[Verse]

             
It's the same 

              
story the crow

              
 told me, it's

             
 the only one 

    
he knows;
             
Like the morni

              
ng sun you com

             
e, and like th

           
e wind you go.
            
Ain't no time 

           
to hate, barel

           
y time to wait

.
            
Whoa-oh, what 

           
I want know-oh

            
, where does t

    
he time go?
             
I live in a si

              
lver mine and 

             
I call it Begg

      
ar's Tomb;
             
I've got me a 

             
violin and I b

              
eg you, call a

 
 tune.
          
Anybody's choi

             
ce, I can hear

       
 your voice.
            
Whoa-oh, what 

            
I want to know

           
-oh, how does 

     
the song go?


[Refrain]

             
Come hear Uncl

             
e John's band 

           
by the riversi

  
de
             
Got some thing

              
s to talk abou

            
t here beside 

           
the rising tid

e.
             
Come hear Uncl

            
e John's band 

           
playing to the

 tide
             
Come on along 

              
or go alone, h

            
e's come to ta

             
ke his childre

   
n home.


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            x7

          


[Bridge]

            
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.
             
Come hear Uncl

             
e John's band 

           
playing to the

 
 tide,
             
Come on along 

              
or go alone, h

            
e's come to ta

             
ke his childre

   
n home.

           
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  La   lala   

           
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  lala,       

             
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   la   lala  

           
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    lala,  la 

             
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       lala.  

        
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 lalaaaaa.....

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