Тональность: D major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
my father’s brother
F
C
But he wished that he could be
Am
Told us kids to call him
Bm
And we would be his family
Verse 2
F
The youngest one was twenty-four
C
Am
Dad Dad had brought him
Bm
But they didn’t want him anymore
C
Verse 3
G
He helped us work the
family business
F
C
Building fences in the sun
Am
Em
And worked just like a man of twenty
Bm
C
Till the working day was done
G
He and Dad would spend their
Verse 4
evening
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C
Sitting in lawn, chairs in the yard
Am
Em
Where they’d drink a toast to
Bm
Seagram’s
Seagram’s never went
Verse 5
Am
Won’t you wake up, Uncle Lloyd
G
Got a lot of work today
Am
C
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
G
Load that truck and be on your way
Verse 6
F
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Em
D
C
Maybe this time you will win
Am
Em
Buy a trailer by the river
Bm
C
And you won’t have to work again
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F
C
Am
Em
Bm
Verse 7
C
G
He was sleeping in the workroom
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C
With a mattress on the floor
Am
Em
When one night I heard him crying
Bm
C
As I passed outside his door
Verse 8
G
He cried, "Rita, girl, I love you
F
C
Rita, darling, please don’t go
Am
I’ve tried hard to make
Em
you happy
Bm
C
I’ve done everything I know"
Verse 9
G
Then I heard the bottle open
F
C
The tipping up and putting down
Am
Em
Heard the rustling of the covers
Bm
And then he did not
Verse 10
G
I thought of thirty years of Rita
F
C
Standing sternly by his side
Am
Em
All the years of hanging in there
Bm
And all the emptiness inside
C
Verse 11
G
And I thought of how their children
F
C
Have children of their own
Am
And how a man at fifty-seven
Bm
C
living so alone
Verse 12
C
Am
Won’t you wake up, Uncle Lloyd
G
Got a lot of work today
Am
C
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
G
Load that truck and be on your way
Verse 13
F
Friday night you can drive to Vegas
Em
D
C
Maybe this time you will win
Am
Em
Buy a trailer by the river
Bm
C
And you won’t have to work again
Outro 1
Work again
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Am
Em
Bm
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Em
Am
Em
Bm
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D
Dm
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