Chords for The Steel Woods - Uncle Lloyd - Legendado
Tempo:
80.45 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
A
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
He [A] was not my father's brother, but he wished that he [D] could be.
Told [Bm] us kids to [F#m] call him uncle, we [A] would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one was [D] 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him [F#m] into our house, they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
He [A] helped us work the family business, building fences [D] in the sun.
We [Bm] worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working day [D] was done.
He [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn chairs [D] in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] toasted seagrams, [C#m] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#] won't have to [D] work again.
[A] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
He [A] was sleeping in the work room, on a mattress on [D] the floor.
[Bm] When one night I [F#m] heard him crying, as [C#m] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita darling please [D] don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, tipping up and putting [D] down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not make [D] a sound.
[A] 30 years of Rita, standing sternly by [D] his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [A] all the emptiness [D] inside.
Then [A] I thought of how their children, have children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#m] winds up living so [D] alone.
Once [Bm] you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
Friday [G] night you can drive to Vegas, maybe this time you [D] will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to work [D]
again.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
[D] No, you'll never work [A] again.
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
[D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
He [A] was not my father's brother, but he wished that he [D] could be.
Told [Bm] us kids to [F#m] call him uncle, we [A] would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one was [D] 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him [F#m] into our house, they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
He [A] helped us work the family business, building fences [D] in the sun.
We [Bm] worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working day [D] was done.
He [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn chairs [D] in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] toasted seagrams, [C#m] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
[Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#] won't have to [D] work again.
[A] [D]
[Bm] [F#m] [D]
He [A] was sleeping in the work room, on a mattress on [D] the floor.
[Bm] When one night I [F#m] heard him crying, as [C#m] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita darling please [D] don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, tipping up and putting [D] down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not make [D] a sound.
[A] 30 years of Rita, standing sternly by [D] his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [A] all the emptiness [D] inside.
Then [A] I thought of how their children, have children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#m] winds up living so [D] alone.
Once [Bm] you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
Friday [G] night you can drive to Vegas, maybe this time you [D] will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to work [D]
again.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
[D] No, you'll never work [A] again.
[D] [Bm] [F#m]
[D]
Key:
D
Bm
A
F#m
C#m
D
Bm
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ He [A] was not my father's brother, but he wished that he [D] could be.
Told [Bm] us kids to [F#m] call him uncle, we [A] would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one was [D] 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him [F#m] into our house, they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
_ He [A] helped us work the family business, building fences [D] in the sun.
We [Bm] worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working day [D] was done.
He [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn chairs [D] in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] toasted seagrams, [C#m] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
_ [Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#] won't have to [D] work again. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ He [A] was sleeping in the work room, on a mattress on [D] the floor.
[Bm] When one night I [F#m] heard him crying, as [C#m] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita darling please [D] don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, tipping up and putting [D] down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not make [D] a sound.
_ [A] 30 years of Rita, standing sternly by [D] his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [A] all the emptiness [D] inside.
Then [A] I thought of how their children, have children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#m] winds up living so [D] alone. _ _
Once [Bm] you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
Friday [G] night you can drive to Vegas, maybe this time you [D] will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to work [D]
again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[D] No, you'll never work [A] again. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ He [A] was not my father's brother, but he wished that he [D] could be.
Told [Bm] us kids to [F#m] call him uncle, we [A] would be his [D] family.
[A] He had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest one was [D] 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him [F#m] into our house, they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
_ He [A] helped us work the family business, building fences [D] in the sun.
We [Bm] worked just like a [F#m] man of 20, [C#m] till the working day [D] was done.
He [A] and dad would spend their evenings sitting in lawn chairs [D] in the yard.
[Bm] Where they drank and [F#m] toasted seagrams, [C#m] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
_ [Bm] Once you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
[G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#] won't have to [D] work again. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ He [A] was sleeping in the work room, on a mattress on [D] the floor.
[Bm] When one night I [F#m] heard him crying, as [C#m] I passed outside [D] his door.
He [A] cried, Rita girl I love you, Rita darling please [D] don't go.
[Bm] I've tried hard to [F#m] make you happy, I've [C#m] tried everything [D] I know.
[A] Then I heard a bottle open, tipping up and putting [D] down.
[Bm] And the rustling [F#m] of the covers, [C#m] then he did not make [D] a sound.
_ [A] 30 years of Rita, standing sternly by [D] his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [A] all the emptiness [D] inside.
Then [A] I thought of how their children, have children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#m] winds up living so [D] alone. _ _
Once [Bm] you wake up uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get night to [D] make the convey, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
Friday [G] night you can drive to Vegas, maybe this time you [D] will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to work [D]
again.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[D] No, you'll never work [A] again. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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