Uncle Lloyd Chords by Darrell Scott
Tempo:
75.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
Bm
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] He [A] was not my father's brother, but he [G] wished that he could [D] be.
Told [Bm] us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, knew he [C#m] would be his family.
[D] He had [A] a wife and kids and friends, no, the youngest one [G] was [D] 24.
Dad [Bm] had brought him [F#m] into our house when they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
He helped [A] us work the family business, building fences [G] in [D] the sun,
[A] and worked [Bm] just like a [F#m] man of Whitney [C#] till the working day [D] was done.
Me [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn [G] chairs [D] in the yard.
Yeah, [Bm] they drank a toast [F#m] to seagrams, [C#] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[B] Won't you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[B] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By a trailer by [F#] the river, then you [C#] won't have to work [D] again.
[A] [G] He [D] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] was [A] sleeping in the workroom with a mattress [G] [D] on the floor.
When [Bm] one night I heard [F#m] him cry as [C#] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [G] darling please [D] don't go.
I [Bm] tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] done everything I [D] know.
Then [A] I heard the bottle open, the tipping up [G] and the putting [D] down.
I [Bm] heard the rustling of the [F#] covers and then [C#] it did not make [D] sound.
I thought [A] of 30 years of Rita standing staring [G] right by [D] his side.
All [Bm] the years of hanging [F#] out there, and all [C#m] the emptiness [D] inside.
And [A] I thought of how their children have children [G] of their [D] own.
And how [Bm] a man at [F#m] 57 [C#] winds up living [D] so alone.
[Bm] Won't you wake up Uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe [E] this time [D] you will win.
By a [B] trailer [F#m] by the river, then [C#] you won't have to [D] work again.
[A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] [A]
[G] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D]
[E] Hey, it's me.
It's a nine on the witching hour here at midnight.
Oh, I hurt you tonight, god damn man that
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] He [A] was not my father's brother, but he [G] wished that he could [D] be.
Told [Bm] us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, knew he [C#m] would be his family.
[D] He had [A] a wife and kids and friends, no, the youngest one [G] was [D] 24.
Dad [Bm] had brought him [F#m] into our house when they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
He helped [A] us work the family business, building fences [G] in [D] the sun,
[A] and worked [Bm] just like a [F#m] man of Whitney [C#] till the working day [D] was done.
Me [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn [G] chairs [D] in the yard.
Yeah, [Bm] they drank a toast [F#m] to seagrams, [C#] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[B] Won't you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[B] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By a trailer by [F#] the river, then you [C#] won't have to work [D] again.
[A] [G] He [D] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] was [A] sleeping in the workroom with a mattress [G] [D] on the floor.
When [Bm] one night I heard [F#m] him cry as [C#] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [G] darling please [D] don't go.
I [Bm] tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] done everything I [D] know.
Then [A] I heard the bottle open, the tipping up [G] and the putting [D] down.
I [Bm] heard the rustling of the [F#] covers and then [C#] it did not make [D] sound.
I thought [A] of 30 years of Rita standing staring [G] right by [D] his side.
All [Bm] the years of hanging [F#] out there, and all [C#m] the emptiness [D] inside.
And [A] I thought of how their children have children [G] of their [D] own.
And how [Bm] a man at [F#m] 57 [C#] winds up living [D] so alone.
[Bm] Won't you wake up Uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe [E] this time [D] you will win.
By a [B] trailer [F#m] by the river, then [C#] you won't have to [D] work again.
[A]
[G] [D] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] [A]
[G] [Bm] [F#m] [C#m]
[D]
[E] Hey, it's me.
It's a nine on the witching hour here at midnight.
Oh, I hurt you tonight, god damn man that
Key:
D
A
Bm
G
F#m
D
A
Bm
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ He [A] was not my father's brother, but he [G] wished that he could [D] be.
Told [Bm] us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, knew he [C#m] would be his family.
[D] He had [A] a wife and kids and friends, no, the youngest one [G] was [D] 24.
Dad [Bm] had brought him [F#m] into our house when they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
_ He helped [A] us work the family business, building fences [G] in [D] the sun,
[A] and worked [Bm] just like a [F#m] man of Whitney [C#] till the working day [D] was done.
Me [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn [G] chairs [D] in the yard.
Yeah, [Bm] they drank a toast [F#m] to seagrams, [C#] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[B] Won't you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[B] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By a trailer by [F#] the river, then you [C#] won't have to work [D] again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] He [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ was [A] sleeping in the workroom with a mattress [G] [D] on the floor.
When [Bm] one night I heard [F#m] him cry as [C#] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [G] darling please [D] don't go.
I [Bm] tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] done everything I [D] know.
Then [A] I heard the bottle open, the tipping up [G] and the putting [D] down.
I [Bm] heard the rustling of the [F#] covers and then [C#] it did not make [D] sound.
I thought [A] of 30 years of Rita standing staring [G] right by [D] his side.
All [Bm] the years of hanging [F#] out there, and all [C#m] the emptiness [D] inside.
_ And [A] I thought of how their children have children [G] of their [D] own.
And how [Bm] a man at [F#m] 57 [C#] winds up living [D] so alone. _ _
[Bm] Won't you wake up Uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe [E] this time [D] you will win.
By a [B] trailer [F#m] by the river, then [C#] you won't have to [D] work again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Hey, it's me.
It's a nine on the witching hour here at midnight.
Oh, I hurt you tonight, god damn man that
_ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ He [A] was not my father's brother, but he [G] wished that he could [D] be.
Told [Bm] us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, knew he [C#m] would be his family.
[D] He had [A] a wife and kids and friends, no, the youngest one [G] was [D] 24.
Dad [Bm] had brought him [F#m] into our house when they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
_ He helped [A] us work the family business, building fences [G] in [D] the sun,
[A] and worked [Bm] just like a [F#m] man of Whitney [C#] till the working day [D] was done.
Me [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn [G] chairs [D] in the yard.
Yeah, [Bm] they drank a toast [F#m] to seagrams, [C#] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[B] Won't you wake up uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[B] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By a trailer by [F#] the river, then you [C#] won't have to work [D] again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] He [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ was [A] sleeping in the workroom with a mattress [G] [D] on the floor.
When [Bm] one night I heard [F#m] him cry as [C#] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita [G] darling please [D] don't go.
I [Bm] tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] done everything I [D] know.
Then [A] I heard the bottle open, the tipping up [G] and the putting [D] down.
I [Bm] heard the rustling of the [F#] covers and then [C#] it did not make [D] sound.
I thought [A] of 30 years of Rita standing staring [G] right by [D] his side.
All [Bm] the years of hanging [F#] out there, and all [C#m] the emptiness [D] inside.
_ And [A] I thought of how their children have children [G] of their [D] own.
And how [Bm] a man at [F#m] 57 [C#] winds up living [D] so alone. _ _
[Bm] Won't you wake up Uncle Lloyd, [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on your way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#] maybe [E] this time [D] you will win.
By a [B] trailer [F#m] by the river, then [C#] you won't have to [D] work again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Hey, it's me.
It's a nine on the witching hour here at midnight.
Oh, I hurt you tonight, god damn man that
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