Uncle June

uncle june and aunt kiyoti

by kristin hersh

from 'your ghost - ep' or 'strings (CDW 45667)'

transcribed by edmond hum (rlp@interlog.com)

<thanks to hoagy & scott who helped decipher the lyrics...>

---------------------------------------------------------------

<define fingerpicking part>

e---------------------|--------1--------|

b--------------1------|----------1------|

g------0h2p0h2---2----|------2-----2----|

d----2-------------2--|----3---------3--| <repeat 2x>

a--0------------------|--3--------------|

e---------------------|-----------------|

e---------------|------3----|------1--|--3--------|

b------0h1p0----|--------0--|---------|----3------|

g------------0--|----0------|----2----|------4----| <repeat 2x>

d----2----------|-----------|--3------|--------5--|

a--3------------|-----------|---------|-----------|

e---------------|--3--------|---------|-----------|

<no chord>

e------------||

b--0---------||

g----0-------||

d------0-----||

a------------||

e------------||

---start---

------------

Am F [2x]

C G F G [2x]

------------

Lying all night, screaming in pain

Defending the cross in the Belfast rain

But Billy saw me at the end of the street

So I lit up my torch and embraced him with heat

??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 340 AD

Threw me in a quarry no way to get free

I called on Hank to give me my life

And he came on his black horse Obsidian Knife

It happened one night, I was lying in bed

Eyes wide open, I could have been dead

Sky lady came with her eyes shining brightly

And the bears and the billies and the police took flight

But I called them all back, and the sky lady too

The bears and the billies and the police, me and you

We laid down our bombs and bows

And drank to their health on the Anatolian plateau

From New Scotland to Calgary

The geese are high and so are we

We don't even need a map

We're way too fast for the highway trap

So hit the road, and shine a light

I think we're going to find a path tonight

Shooting star and the moon is bad

It's the best damn omen that we ever had

-------

-------

---end---