Grateful Dead - Me And My Uncle Lyrics

Was that Maine or was that just me? Ha, yea that was Maine I wouldnt worry about it though. Acadia not! Dont worry, son! We'll get those commie bastards! Manifest Destiny! Shes an idiot!

one of the best stories ever told in a song.

Good Track. Always liked it when Bob sang.

That is some nitty gritty picking by Jerry. This song is straight fire.

Brings me back to a simpler time in my life.. 2012, 2013... I'm only 24 but I ain't gettin no younger and I'm beginning to realize that

Ray, Jay,
Wait until you hit 50. And then some. You're lucky. Just stay single and you'll be fine.

I am freeeeeeee

Toughest Dead ever. Love it, should have continued down this road.

Reminds me of the time me and my uncle spent together. I’d sleep while he watched me in my closet, I’d have penis inspection so I’d never have to go to the doctors, and then etc. Oddly enough I wasn’t allowed to tell mom

Truly, a statement of the human condition.

I remember back in the early 90s my uncle playing this tune while driving in his Ludester!

The lyrics in the description have a few minor errors.

Notably, the lyric goes "I'm as honest as a Denver man can be" which is my fave dead lyric of all.

also, it's "weed, liquor, and money, they loaded down." just saying. havent seen a lyrics sheet YET that has gotten that right lol

' and i left his dead ass at the rail by the side of the road '

Liove it

Great story. And believable for anyone familiar with John Phillips.

Phil. Lesh. Nuff said.

Great song. Happy Birthday today(September 11) to Mickey Hart. Cheers!

YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES YOU JUMP OUTTA YOUR SKIN? YOU REMEMBER A SONG YOU WANNA HEAR AND YOU CAN'T REMOTELY REMEMBER THE NAME!!! IT'S A GRATEFUL DEAD TUNE AND I CAN'T EVEN FIND IT BY ACCIDENT!!!

Lord, would Y'all listen to that guitar.💛

Makes me recall days past with Jim, playing guitar and howling at the moon. Me gusta.

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It’s not “with liquor and money” , it’s weed, liquor and money, they loaded down!

@Zack R...…..Nice catch bro, lots of people don't know that!

I did not know John Phillips writed this song. Great blowosong !!!👍⚡️🌈

Genesis A: thanks.

It would have been ideal if the original Alice Cooper Band covered this

I guess the drink enough tequila all night could Inspire such a song LOL

I've never been in US, but always wanted to. This song like rocketing me there. Maybe i am wrong, but this song feels like true American spirit.

you're right. a lot of dead tunes are pure Americana...Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Minglewood, etc.

"Oh, no! It couldn't be!"

if I had 1 more wish it would be a tasty fish...……………… thank you...Mr. Wier? hope

John Denver played this in some concerts.

INDIAN SUMMER DRYIN ON MY SHIRT.....AND I TRIED TO WALK OFF SOME OF THAT DUST AND DIRT

For those like me, who is not very good in english )

Me and my uncle went ridin' down
To South Colorado, west Texas bound
We stopped over in Santa Fe,
That day on the pony, just about half way
And you know it was the hottest part of the day

I took the horses up to the stall 
Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all
Three days in the saddle, You know my body hurt
It being summer, I took off my shirt
And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt

West Texas cowboys, they was all around,
Wheat liquor and money, they loaded down,
So soon after payday, no one seemed ashamed,
You know my uncle, he starts playin' the game,
Hey! A hollow jack and the winner take the hand.

My uncle starts winning, the cowboys got sore,
One of them called him, and then two more,
Accused him of cheatin', oh no it couldn't be,
I know my uncle he's as honest as me,
And I'm as honest as a Denver man can be.

One of them cowboys he starsts to draw,
And I shot him down Lord, He never saw,
Shot me another, Right then he hit the floor,
In the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold,
And we hightailed it down to Mexico.

Now I love thoe cowboys, I love their gold,
Love my uncle, God rest his soul,
Taught me good Lord, Taught me all I know,
Taught me so well, that I grabbed that gold, and
I left his dead ass there by the side of the road

It’s a Bobby song but damn if Jerry doesn’t own this one too.

Red Dead Redemption brought me here?? Just kidding I'm A Deadhead :)

I thought it was Maine. We didn't even go swimming. Dick Tracy Towel. "...showed him we're kin." Big Black Pickup Truck. "This is the only thing we're gonna ask of you..." Was that Mary Jane hash in a cup?

love the artwork. Very good song!

Greedy fucker. Wacked his uncle and let him rot in a ditch!

Always a Fav! Me and my Tio!

If yer ever in Denver check out the band Three Days in The Saddle..... 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

Killer blue grass pickin !!! Jerry was on fire 🔥

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Love me some Bobby & he def makes this his song but Jerry & Billy are subtle killers on this one.

My Dad passed in 2012 and I miss him everyday ❤️
My best memory with him is this song playing in his 1983 VW bus through the hills of West Virginia heading for a camping trip in the 90s-early 2000s. He was a Dead Head through and through- I knew more Dead than I knew nursery rhymes my mom would always say. I love you Dad, you inspire me every day ❤️

Great morning song after a bag

The best Grateful Dead song of all time......
On the best Album of the Dead Set.

. Great tune. Hope John Phillps got a few bucks and not screwed for writing it.

In Sanva up to the stall 3 days in the saddle I took off my shirt he starts playing the game................ won't stop winning I'm as down to Mexico I love there gold love them cowboys and I just left is dead body on the side of the rode

He playing the game and the winner takes the ham....... won't stop winnen one them coyboys and we took it down to Mexico I grab the gold and I left his dead body on the side of the rode liriys

He's dead

Can he get -10000000000000975467899999948746564774744774477474746456666666099999999?LIKES

I herd this song at scholl

At school

The composer: the late Papa John Phillips has 2 versions - the second one is a gritty "Jack Of Diamonds".

🤧😀😃

20 years of "Gunsmoke" musically summarized in 4 quality minutes. Thanks Genesis A!

Jerry's lead makes this song

BBQMAN81 listen to Bobby.

my dad used to sing parts of this to me when I was a kid, like a lullaby.

Once again, WOW! That's always my reaction.

I shot him down he never saw

a ghost sent me here

I love playing along to this song love it

I'm mixing De Trinitate with gunpowder Alchemists and Eli Whitney, Grateful Dead and Beatles level the floor. I'm with Darth Vader and DOE with my parents in NM. I gotta get that collectible engraved revolver...

ultimate cowboy song by the deads - hahah

My life

followed since 1967

Thanks for the lyrics 💀

A John Phillips Mamas & the Papas song can you believe it !

Maybe it was originally titled Me and My Daughter

The Dead sound so chipper with their music But the lyrics are definitely the opposite of chipper

Uncle Sam is who I am.

I shot him down he never saw

I took off my shirt

another classic from a great live album :)

If any of you know my uncle well,,,songs are songs aren't they?

Their best song.

Well I grabbed a bottle, cracked him in the jaw,





it never says that

The original lyrics: "... honest as a DENVER man can be." With our current effete and duplicitous Congress, the lyrics should now say: "...as honest as a GOVERNMENT man can be." (LOL!)

i love this song my uncles a deadhead he took me to a phish concert for my graduation i love the man this song will always remind me of his stoner ass lmao i love him tho

My uncle and I*

Hahahaaa

accurate

🤓🤣

grateful dead university graduate right there

That lead 🔥

I love the punchline of the song when he kills his uncle.

One of 'em Bob's cowboy tunes eh?

Great version, I love the randomness of the whole album "Skull and Roses." Thanks, Genesis!

Chris Collins Interesting after knowing for yrs the chronological order as it appears on Europe 72 the randomness you speak of indeed

And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt...

Raymond Faron
I tried to "wash" off some of that dusty dirt

I'm drunk :)

Awesome

sigh I feel so old I miss!!!! Jerry

"The song was written by John Phillips of The Mamas And The Papas. According to the liner notes for his (solo) recording on "Phillips 66":
John often used to tell the story behind "Me And My Uncle." Years ago he began receiving publishing royalties from a song on a Judy Collins record with which he was unfamiliar. It was titled "Me And My Uncle." He called Judy to let her know of the mistake because he hadn't written any such song. She laughed and told him that about a year before, in Arizona after one of her concerts, they had a 'Tequila' night back at the hotel with Stephen Stills, Neil Young and a few others. They were running a blank cassette and John proceeded to write "Me And My Uncle" on the spot. The next day, John woke up to the tequila sunrise with no recollection of the songwriting incident. Judy kept the cassette from that evening and then, without informing John, recorded the song for her own record. Over the years the song was recorded by several people, and eventually became a standard of the Grateful Dead. John used to joke that, little by little, with each royalty check, the memory of writing the song would come back to him."

This song is just so badass though.....its a GODDAMN CLINT EASTWOOD SPAGHETTII WESTERN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

Cool story. By rights the credit and royalties should go to the tequila worm.

Coolest story I have read on hear in a long while, never knew that!

My fam told sumptain along thous lines

my first Dead album

robert fortuna me too. mama tried. first time I saw the name merle haggard. I really miss Jerry and Merle. shine on boys!

phenomial musicians

bobby is such a flame.... Good tune though

ALWAYS THANKS !!!

Great metaphorical Southwest Geography illustrated in Music! 3 States and, I'm guessing, Coahuila?

this is my favorite grateful dead song

Garcia's guitar behind the vocal ,relative major minor riffing , so well worked out

@Josiah Quincy a total jam

hard to choose. top 10 fosho

This is one of my favorite songs to "bait" people into the dead

ayyyy mine too

Does anyone know when this version is from? What performance or album?Thanks

1971 "grateful dead" aka "skull and roses" aka "skullfuck"

classic without the help of air play!

brad dovel Actually it got loads of airplay on WNEW fm in NYC and I'm sure similar progressive radio stations at the time.

@DealReal12...Oh what a time it was.....!! 💜 🎼 🎶 🎵 🎶 The Night Bird...!! 💜

heard this on the radio once,,, never,,, thats why radio sucks

brad dovel touch of grey and sometimes Casey Jones is the only songs I ever heard of theirs on radio. What a shame

91.9 KRVM in Eugene, OR would change your opinion :)

Bob weir kicks ass

But does he say "a gamblin' man can be" or "a Denver man can be"?

i think he says Denver man, and i speak from experience as a Denver man myself :)

Yeah, I'm as honest as a Denver man can be. An alternative on pulished sheet music is "Yeah, and I'm as honest as a desperate man can be"

Art Mehmeti Denver man, oh that's me he says, Bobby is from Denver or lived there for a time in high school

Awesome input, guys! Sorry for the late reply!

Million thanks dear!!!! memory keep flooding back!!! the best !!!!!!

my favorite song from bobby he takes me there i feel like im riding a horse in this song thats music buddy

No band sounds that good.

Bear calls this a "thriow away track" Not. This is classic

Except of course, the Grateful Dead!

Delightful Dead! This is You Never Call Me By My Name" om Steroids! Acknowledgements to John Phillips, the original Composer.

wasn't drunk i

Hey now