UNCLE PEN Bill Monroe OH THE PEOPLE WOULD COME FROM FAR AWAY TO DANCE ALL NIGHT TILL THE BREAK OF DAY WHEN THE CALLER HOLLERED "DOSIE DO" WE KNEW UNCLE PEN WAS READY TO GO CHORUS (after each verse): LATE IN THE EVENING ABOUT SUNDOWN HIGH ON THE HILL AND ABOVE THE TOWN UNCLE PEN PLAYED THE FIDDLE, LAWD, HOW IT'D RING YOU COULD HEAR IT TALK, YOU COULD HEAR IT SING HE PLAYED AN OLD TUNE CALLED SOLDIER'S JOY AND HE PLAYED THE ONE CALLED BOSTON BOY BUT THE GREATEST OF ALL WAS JENNY LYNN TO ME THAT'S WHERE THE FIDDLIN' BEGINS I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT MOURNFUL DAY WHEN UNCLE PEN WAS CALLED AWAY HE HUNG UP HIS FIDDLE AND HE HUNG UP HIS BOW HE KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO SOLO 1 1 1 5-1 1 1 1 5-1 4 1 1 5-1 1 1 1 5 (2 beats) 1 1 VERSE 1 1 1 5-1 1 1 1 5 (2 beats) 1 17 CHORUS 4 1 1 5-1 1(STOP) (1) (1) (5 2 beats) (2-measure guitar run) Jenny Lynn (optional ending) 1 1 1 5-1 1 1 1 5-1 UNCONDITIONAL LOVE PEOPLE THINK I'M CRAZY TO KEEP ON LOVING YOU AFTER ALL THE CHANGES YOU'VE PUT ME THROUGH BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF MY LOVE YOU CAN TURN YOUR BACK ON ME BUT I WILL NEVER GIVE YOU UP CHORUS (after each verse and bridge): IT'S AN UNCONDITIONAL LOVE I HAVE FOR YOU AND IT JUST GETS STRONGER NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO UNDENIABLE FEELIN' FOREVER TRUE OH . . . UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (intro) I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET TO YOU SOME DAY I KNOW I'LL SEE MY DREAM COME TRUE UNTIL I HAVE YOU I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME I'M GONNA KEEP ON TRYIN' UNTIL I MAKE YOU MINE BRIDGE: THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO LOVE IT COMES TO YOU WHEN YOU GIVE ENOUGH (x4) INTRO 1 4-5 1 4-5 VERSE 4 1 2m-13 bass 4-5 4 1 2m-13 bass 4-5 CHORUS 1 4-5 1 4-5 1 4-5 4-5 1 BRIDGE 4-1 2m-1 4-1 2m-1 (vocals enter) 4-1 2m-1 4-1 2m-1 4-1 2m-1 4-1 2m-5