Uncle Lloyd Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][G][D][Bm][F#m][C#m]
[D]

[Verse 1]
He was [A]not
my father’s brother
But he wished that [G]he could [D]be
Told [Bm]us kids to call him
Un[F#m]cle
And we would be [C#m]his family
[D]He had a wife

[Verse 2]
[A]and kids in Fresno
The youngest one was [G]twenty-four
[D]Dad Dad [Bm]had brought him
into [F#m]our house
But they did[C#m]n’t want him anymore
[D]

[Verse 3]
He helped [A]us work the
family business
Building fences [G]in [D]the sun
And worked just [Bm]like a man [F#m]of twenty
Till the [C#m]working day was [D]done
He [A]and Dad would spend their

[Verse 4]
evening
Sitting in lawn, chairs [G]in [D]the yard
Where [Bm]they’d drink a toast [F#m]to
[C#m]Seagram’s
Seagram’s never went
down [D]hard

[Verse 5]
Won’t you [Bm]wake up, Uncle Lloyd
Got a [A]lot of work today
We’ll get [Bm]Don to make the coff[D]ee
Load that [A]truck and be on your way

[Verse 6]
Friday [G]night you can drive to Vegas
Maybe this [F#m]time y[E]ou will w[D]in
Buy a [Bm]trailer by [F#m]the river
And you [C#m]won’t have to work [D]again
[A][G][D][Bm][F#m]
[C#m]

[Verse 7]
[D]
He was [A]sleeping in the workroom
With a mattress [G]on [D]the floor
When one [Bm]night I heard him cry[F#m]ing
As [C#m]I passed outside [D]his door

[Verse 8]
He cried, [A]"Rita, girl, I love you
Rita, darling, [G]please [D]don’t go
I’ve tried [Bm]hard to make
[F#m]you happy
[C#m]I’ve done everything I [D]know"

[Verse 9]
Then [A]I heard the bottle open
The tipping up and put[G]ting [D]down
Heard the [Bm]rustling of the cover[F#m]s
And then he did [C#m]not
make [D]a sound

[Verse 10]
I thought of [A]thirty years of Rita
Standing sternly [G]by his [D]side
All the [Bm]years of hanging in [F#m]there
And all the [C#m]emptiness inside
[D]

[Verse 11]
And I [A]thought of how their children
Have children of [G]their [D]own
And how a [Bm]man at fifty-seven
[F#m]Wind s Winds up
[C#m]living so [D]alone

[Verse 12]
[D]
Won’t you [Bm]wake up, Uncle Lloyd
Got a [A]lot of work today
We’ll get [Bm]Don to make the coff[D]ee
Load that [A]truck and be on your way

[Verse 13]
Friday [G]night you can drive to Vegas
Maybe [F#m]this time y[E]ou will w[D]in
Buy [Bm]a trailer by the [F#m]river
And you [C#m]won’t have to work [D]again

[Outro 1]
Work again
[A][G][D]
[Bm][F#m][C#m][D]
[A][G]
[D][F#m][Bm][F#m][C#m]
[D]
[E]
[Em]