Tonalité : D major
Intro 1
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Bb
Ab
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Cm
Gm
Dm
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Verse 1
Bb
He was not
my father’s brother
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Eb
But he wished that he could be
Cm
Told us kids to call him
Gm
Uncle
Dm
And we would be his family
Eb
He had a wife
Verse 2
Bb
and kids in Fresno
Ab
The youngest one was twenty-four
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Cm
Dad Dad had brought him
Gm
into our house
Dm
But they didn’t want him anymore
Eb
Verse 3
Bb
He helped us work the
family business
Ab
Eb
Building fences in the sun
Cm
Gm
And worked just like a man of twenty
Dm
Eb
Till the working day was done
Bb
He and Dad would spend their
Verse 4
evening
Ab
Eb
Sitting in lawn, chairs in the yard
Cm
Gm
Where they’d drink a toast to
Dm
Seagram’s
Seagram’s never went
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down hard
Verse 5
Cm
Won’t you wake up, Uncle Lloyd
Bb
Got a lot of work today
Cm
Eb
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
Bb
Load that truck and be on your way
Verse 6
Ab
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Gm
F
Eb
Maybe this time you will win
Cm
Gm
Buy a trailer by the river
Dm
Eb
And you won’t have to work again
Bb
Ab
Eb
Cm
Gm
Dm
Verse 7
Eb
Bb
He was sleeping in the workroom
Ab
Eb
With a mattress on the floor
Cm
Gm
When one night I heard him crying
Dm
Eb
As I passed outside his door
Verse 8
Bb
He cried, "Rita, girl, I love you
Ab
Eb
Rita, darling, please don’t go
Cm
I’ve tried hard to make
Gm
you happy
Dm
Eb
I’ve done everything I know"
Verse 9
Bb
Then I heard the bottle open
Ab
Eb
The tipping up and putting down
Cm
Gm
Heard the rustling of the covers
Dm
And then he did not
Eb
make a sound
Verse 10
Bb
I thought of thirty years of Rita
Ab
Eb
Standing sternly by his side
Cm
Gm
All the years of hanging in there
Dm
And all the emptiness inside
Eb
Verse 11
Bb
And I thought of how their children
Ab
Eb
Have children of their own
Cm
And how a man at fifty-seven
Gm
Winds Winds up
Dm
Eb
living so alone
Verse 12
Eb
Cm
Won’t you wake up, Uncle Lloyd
Bb
Got a lot of work today
Cm
Eb
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
Bb
Load that truck and be on your way
Verse 13
Ab
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Gm
F
Eb
Maybe this time you will win
Cm
Gm
Buy a trailer by the river
Dm
Eb
And you won’t have to work again
Outro 1
Work again
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Cm
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Dm
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Ab
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Gm
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F
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