C
He's your uncle, not your dad.
              Dm7              G
He's the best friend, you ever had.
         Fm       Em       Em/C        Am
So, come on, dig, dig, dig in until it hurts.
       D7            G
Just remember, Pearl Harbor.
     Am                         D7      G
(The Alamo and nothing could be worse.)
 
[Verse 2]
                C
He's your favourite, (hum) relative. (hum)
       Dm                   G7
And he needs a (hum) lot to live. (hum)
        C
So just bring, bring, bring,
             E       Am
everything until you bleed.
           D         G             F/C   
(And he'll send back what he don't need.)
 
[Chorus 1]
C         D                G               C
If you're not in form, ten-forty's your salvation,
        G             C
by deprivation of temptation.
           F#7       B7             E
(Darks and blondes I hear are not deductible.)
    C            Am
Oh, say, can you see?  
Cm          D7                G7     G7
 If there's anything left for me?
 
[Verse 3]
        C
When he calls you, (hum) as he may do. (hum)
              Dm                      G
Don't be frightened, (hum) red, white and blue. (hum)
        Am/C     Dm/C      Em           Am
Just be thankful you don't live in Leningrad.
          D     G         C
He's your uncle, not your dad.
 
{Instrumental}
(Military march)
 
[Chorus 2]
C         G                                   C
If you're honest, you don't have to shake and shiver.
            G             C
The food is lousy, up the river.
               B7                       E
(It's give and take and he does all the takin'.)
    C            Am
Oh, say, can you see? 
C           D                 G      G
 If there's anything left for me?
 
[Verse 4]
             C
Life has two things, (hum) you can't subtract. (hum)
           F      Dm           G
(Death and taxes, (hum) to be exa-act (hum).)
        F             C            Am
So just pay, pay patriotically, be glad.
            D              G               C
He's your uncle, he's your uncle, not your da-a-a-a-ad.