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G C G
Uncle Seabird was an action man
C G
He knew the scene before the scene began
C Em
The first cat to drop acid in the Haight
A7 F
He understood the lyrics of The Weight
Em C
When Fillmore West was still a carousel
A7
And the chick to know was Luria Cantrell
G
Uncle Seabird tried hard to be nice
F D D7
When Berry Gordy asked him for advice
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm D7
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird led the herd
G C G
When Uncle Seabird wrote for Rolling Stone
C G
A generation felt much less alone
C Em
His footloose odyssey went so far back
A7 F
He recalled not having heard of Kerouac
Em C
He represented youth in all its force
A7
For evolution has to take its course
G
When the children queued to hear the Grateful Dead
F D D7
His wheelchair glittered somewhere up ahead
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm D7
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird led the herd
G C G
When a snot-nosed little kid called Zimmerman
C G
Was seeking a new surname that would scan
C Em
Uncle Seabird filled his lungs with hash
A7 F
And "Weberman" he muttered in a flash
Em C
"There's a new group down a hole you ought to hear"
A7
Said the telephone in Brian Epstein's ear
G
"But let's not haggle now about my fee
F D D7
Tom Parker handles these affairs for me"
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm D7
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird led the herd
G C G
The last and greatest festival of all
C G
Was Uncle Seabird's acid test and ball
C Em
They say one row of people passed a joint
A7 F
From Yasgur's Farm clear to Zabriskie Point
Em C
Crosby Stills and Clapton, Young and Nash
A7
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash
G
They all backed Yoko Ono while she ... sang
F D D7
And Elvis Presley read from R D Laing
Em C
When Uncle Seabird wheeled onto the stage
A7
He was crowding eighty-seven years of age
G
"We are stardust, we are ... [croak]" he cried
F D D7
And the children yelled his name out as he died
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm D7
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird led the herd
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird had the word
G G7 C Cm D7
Uncle Seabird, Uncle Seabird led the herd
G
Uncle Seabird
Thanks to Dave Bondy for the chord transcription
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