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