Chords for Johnny Cash - When Uncle Bill Quit Dope

_ _ _ _ Say, didn't I see you when I was a guard at Folsom Prison, boy?
Yeah, maybe so, I was there.
What were you in there for, boy?
I was in a heap of trouble, boy. _ _
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_ _ _ _ Hello, _ _
_ _ [F] _ [D#] _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ I'm Johnny Cash.
[C#] _ Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. _ _ _ _
_ _ Hello, hello, hello, Bill.
How you doing?
_ _ Hello, Bill Walker. _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Here's a brand new song written by Nashville's own Dick Feller.
_ Story about some of his kinfolks, I think.
Called When Uncle Bill Quit Doping. _
Now, Uncle Bill was my [F#] mother's brother, Paul Lankyman.
[G#]
But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, [C#] he took a snip in cocaine.
I'd find him out in the backyard, [F#] sitting against a tree.
[G#] His eyes poked out in a cocaine stare, and his [C#] mind in a cocaine dream.
Well, one fall day when Uncle [F#] Bill was having a cocaine fit,
[G#] he said, Louie, this dope's no [C#] good, and I've made up my mind to quit.
Now, you take this key and I'll go upstairs, [F#] and then you lock the door.
[G#] And Lord, I swear I'll stay up there [C#] till the phone won't go no more.
[F#] Well, he stomped the floor [C#] and he beat the door [F#] and he moaned the morn.
He was a little [C#] surprised [A#m] when the last cocaine [G#] went through his veins.
[D#] He thought [G#] he sure did die.
[F#] He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we [C#] almost gave up hope.
As long as I live, I won't [F#] forget when Uncle [C#] Bill quit dope. _
But for the first few hours, we heard not a [F#] sound.
Upstairs was quiet and still.
[G#] And then all of a sudden, we heard a shriek [C#] of pain from Uncle Bill.
He bounced out of bed and across the room, [F#] I heard him break a chair.
[G#] And then another scream louder than the first [C#] as he ripped out a hook of his hair.
My mother kissed us all that [F#] night and his brother and I lay in bed.
[G#] We wondered if poor old Uncle [C#] Bill was dying or already dead.
But all night long, we listened to [F#] him as he raved and pleaded and called.
[G#]
And I swear I heard his [C#] fingernails tearing the paper off the wall.
[F#] Well, he stomped the [C#] floor and he beat the [F#] door and he moaned the [C#] morn.
And I heard Uncle Bill cry [A#m] when the last [Fm] cocaine went through his brain.
[D#] We thought he'd [G#] surely die.
[F#] He yelled and he [C#] cussed and he fell on the floor [F#] and we [C#] almost gave up hope.
As long as I live, I won't [F#] forget when Uncle [C#] Bill quit dope. _ _
After 14 days and nights [F#] of hell, it grew quiet overhead.
[G#m] And I peered past Mother as she unlocked [C#] the door expecting to find him dead.
But to my surprise, there was Uncle [F#] Bill as shiny as a brand new dollar.
[G#] His hair was combed and his beard was gone.
He had grown two inches [C#] taller.
In his old blue suit and his patent [F#] shoes, he was quite a sight to see.
[G#] And the light was back in his deep blue eyes as he [C#] turned to Mother and me.
He said, Louise, I've been through [F#] hell and I nearly went insane.
[G#] But I finally kicked that devil's habit.
[C#] I beat that demon cocaine.
[F#] Yeah, he stomped the floor [C#] and he beat the door [F#] and he moaned the morn.
[C#] But [A#m] the last cocaine [Fm] was his [D#] pain.
He thought [G#] he'd surely die.
[F#] He screamed and he hollered and he fell on the floor and we almost [C#] gave up hope.
As long as I live, I [G#] won't [F#] forget when Uncle Bill [C#] quit dope.
As long as I live, I won't forget [F#] when Uncle Bill [C#] quit dope. _ _
Alright.
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