Uncle Lloyd Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

 He was nGot my father’s brother

 But he wished that hFe could bCe

 Told us kFids to call him uncle

 And we would bDe his famiCly

 He had a wGife and kids in Fresno

 The youngest one was tFwenty-foCur

 Dad had brFought him into our house

 They didn’t wDant him anyCmore

Verse 2

 He helped us wGork the family business

 Building fences iFn the suCn

 Worked just lFike a man of twenty

 ‘Til the worDking day was Cdone

 He and DGad would spend their evening

 Sitting in lawn chairs iFn the yaCrd

 Where they’d drFink a toast to Seagram’s

 Seagram’s nDever went down hCard

Chorus

 Won’t you wGake up Uncle Lloyd

 Got a lot of woFrk toCday

 We’ll get DFon to make the coffee

 Load that tDruck and be on your wCay

 Friday nGight you can drive to Vegas

 Maybe this time yFou will wCin

 Buy a trFailer by the river

 And you won’t hDave to work aCgain

Verse 3

 He was slGeeping in the workroom

 With a mattress oFn the flCoor

 When one niFght I heard him crying

 As I passed outDside his dCoor

 He cried, "RGita, girl I love you

 Rita, Darling pleFase don’t Cgo

 I’ve tried haFrd to make you happy

 I’ve done eveDrything I knCow"

Verse 4

 Then I heGard the bottle open

 The tipping up and pFutting dCown

 Heard the ruFstling of the covers

 Then he did not mDake a souCnd

 I thought of tGhirty years of Rita

 Standing sternly bFy his siCde

 All the yeFars of hanging in there

 All the empDtiness inCside

Verse 6

 Then I thGought of how their children

 Have children oFf their Cown

 And how a mFan at fifty-seven

 Winds up living Dso alCone