Chords for The Steel Woods - Uncle Lloyd [Official Audio]

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_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ He [A] was not my father's brother, but he [G] wished that he could [D] be.
He told [Bm] us kids to call [F#m] him uncle, we [A] would be his family.
[D] He [A] had a wife and kids in Fresno, the youngest [G] one was [D] 24.
[Bm] Daddy brought him [F#m] into our house, they [C#] didn't want him [D] anymore.
_ He helped [A] us work the family business, building fences [G] in [D] the sun.
We worked [Bm] 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 [G] chairs [D] in the yard.
Where [Bm] they drank and [F#m] tossed the seagrams, the [C#m] seagrams never went [D] down hard.
Once [Bm] you wake up, Uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to make [D] the coffee, load [A] that truck and be on our way.
Friday [G] night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time you [D] will win.
[Bm] By trail or by [F#m] the river, you [C#] won't have to work [D] again. _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ [D] _
_ [A] He was sleeping in the work room, on a [G] 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 [D] darling please 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, a tipping [G] 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] I thought of 30 years of Rita, standing [G] sternly by [D] his side.
[Bm] All the years of [F#m] hanging in there, [C#m] all the emptiness [D] inside.
Then [A] I thought of how their children, have [G] children of [D] their own.
[Bm] And how a man at [F#m] 57, [C#] winds up living so [D] alone. _ _ _
[Bm] Once you wake up, Uncle Lloyd, we [A] got a lot of work today.
[Bm] We'll get down to [D] make the coffee, [A] load that truck and be on our way.
Maybe [G] Friday night you can drive to Vegas, [F#m] maybe this [E] time [D] you will win.
[Bm] By trail or [F#m] by the river, you [C#m] won't have to [D] work again.
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[C#m] [D] Oh you never [A] work again. _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _