Uncle Sam Blues Chords
by Hot Tuna
Uncle Sam Blues by Hot Tuna is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, E, D7, A, D and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
Got my questionnaire baby
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E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
You know I’m headed off for war
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E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
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E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
Got my questionnaire baby
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
B -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------
G -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
D -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
A -------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------
You know I’m headed off for war.
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E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E_-------------------------------------
B -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
G -2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------
D -2---2---4---4---5---5---4---4-------
A -0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------
E -------------------------------------
G E
Well now I’m gonna do some fightin’
D7 A - turnaround
Well no one knows what for
Turnaround -
Put 3 fingers into a D7 shape with the G and E
strings fingered on the ninth fret, slide down to eighth,
then seventh; then play A chord, then D, Eb, E. Thusly:
E_----9--------8--------7-----5----------
B -------8--------7--------6--5--7--8--9-
G -9--------8--------7--------6--7--8--9-
D ----------------------------7--7--8--9-
A ---------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------
Uncle Sam ain’t no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Said Uncle Sam ain’t no woman
but he sure can take your man.
Well there’s 40,000 guys in the service
They’s doin’ somethin’ somewhere they just don’t understand
Well I’m gonna do some fightin’
Of that I can be sure.
Well I’m gonna do some fightin’
Of that you can be sure.
Well I want to kill somebody
Won’t have to break no kind of law.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know I’m headed off for war.
Got my questionnaire baby
You know I’m headed off for war.
Well I want to kill somebody
Won’t have to break no kind of law.