Uncle Walter
By Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five
Written by Ben Folds
Tabbed by Mike Sherk (bffmail@yahoo.com)
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"UNCLE WALTER"                                                                                                                                                                          
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Your Uncle Walter's going on and on 'bout everything he's seen and done.  
The  voice    of    50     years   experience.  He's drunk, watching the television                                                                                                                                  
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You know he's been around the world.  Last night he flew to Baghdad                                     
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in his magical armchair.       With cigarettes and a six pack,            
he just got back.                       
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The spit's flying everywhere.                                                                                                                                                                                   

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Hey, hey, hey, hey          (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)                                       
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You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long)                                                                       
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how could you leave me here so long with Uncle Walter.                                                                                                                                                  

Your Uncle Walter saw who fired the shots 
He drove his chair in the cavalcade.                         
He's flown from South Africa to countries where
They beat themselves on the backs with chains.                                                                         

There was a fleet of battleships
And 1 reclining chair headed                                          
North on the Arabian sea.  
Now he's back to tell us what he
And his oldest boy Blair. 
They're gettin' rich with their mail order scheme.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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Hey, hey, hey, hey          (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)                                       
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You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long)                                                                       
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.  We're glad you're home.  
But how could you  leave me here so long with Uncle Walter.                                                                                                                                                        

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Your Uncle Walter told me everything he'd do if he was president.                               
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Oh, what a perfect world this world would be,     if he was president now.                              
                                                                                                        
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And he sees the children smoking pot
He knows that in a moment they'll be shooting up heroin
Teardrops in his armchair, a 50 minute lecture                          
Tobacco juice rolling down his chin

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Hey, hey, hey, hey          (Your Uncle Walter's going on and on)                                       
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You're back so late (Where did you go that you were gone so long)                                                                       
Em                      G                     A6/7                                                                                                              
Oh, oh, oh, oh.  We're glad you're home.  
But how could you  leave me here so long with Uncle Walter.  
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