Uncle Pen

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

       G
Oh the people would come from far away
                                D7       G
They'd dance all night till the break of day
         G
When the caller hollered do-se-do
                      D7       G
We knew Uncle Pen was ready to go

Chorus

C                   G
Late in the evening about sundown
                     D7        G
High on the hill and above the town
      G
Uncle Pen played the fiddle and oh how it would ring
                                 D7      G
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing

Verse 2

        G
Well he played an old tune called Soldier's Joy
                        D7     G
And the one they called Boston Boy
        G
And the greatest of all was Jenny Lind
                       D7       G
To me that's where the fiddlin' began

Chorus

C                   G
Late in the evening about sundown
                     D7        G
High on the hill and above the town
      G
Uncle Pen played the fiddle and oh how it would ring
                                 D7      G
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing

Verse 3

     G
I'll never forget that mournful day
                   D7     G
When Uncle Pen was called away
     G
They hang up his fiddle they hang up his bow
                          D7     G
They know it was time for him to go

Chorus

C                   G
Late in the evening about sundown
                     D7        G
High on the hill and above the town
      G
Uncle Pen played the fiddle and oh how it would ring
                                 D7      G
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing

Chorus

C                   G
Late in the evening about sundown
                     D7        G
High on the hill and above the town
      G
Uncle Pen played the fiddle and oh how it would ring
                                 D7      G
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing