{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":939622,"song":"Uncle Lloyd","artist":"Darrell Scott","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11614523-uncle-lloyd-chords-by-darrell-scott/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/939622?type=chord","rating":4.58243,"votes":15,"content":"Uncle Lloyd by Darrell Scott\r\n\r\nCapo 2 (4)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was not my father’s brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he wished that he could be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTold us kids to call him uncle[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we would be his family[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had a wife and kids in Fresno[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe youngest one was twenty-four[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDad had brought him into our house[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey didn’t want him anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe helped us work the family business[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuilding fences in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWorked just like a man of twenty[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Til the working day was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe and Dad would spend their evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSitting in lawn chairs in the yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere they’d drink a toast to Seagram’s[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeagram’s never went down hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon’t you wake up Uncle Lloyd[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot a lot of work today[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe’ll get Don to make the coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLoad that truck and be on your way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFriday night you can drive to Vegas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe this time you will win[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBuy a trailer by the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you won’t have to work again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was sleeping in the workroom[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a mattress on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen one night I heard him crying[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs I passed outside his door[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe cried, \"Rita, girl I love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRita, Darling please don’t go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’ve tried hard to make you happy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve done everything I know\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I heard the bottle open[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe tipping up and putting down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeard the rustling of the covers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he did not make a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought of thirty years of Rita[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStanding sternly by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the years of hanging in there[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the emptiness inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I thought of how their children[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave children of their own[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how a man at fifty-seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWinds up living so alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon’t you wake up Uncle Lloyd[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot a lot of work today[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe’ll get Don to make the coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLoad that truck and be on your way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFriday night you can drive to Vegas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe this time you will win[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBuy a trailer by the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you won’t have to work again[/tab]","plain_text":"Uncle Lloyd by Darrell Scott\n\nCapo 2 (4)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","F","C","Am","Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}