{"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":1492296,"song":"When Uncle Bill Quit Dope","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1492296-when-uncle-bill-quit-dope-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1492296?type=chord","rating":4.41044,"votes":15,"content":"Capo on first fret, play with alternating bass (bottom two strings like most Johnny Cash songs).\r\n\r\nAlso when playing C alternate between having your ring finger 3rd fret from the A string to low E string. \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\ntall lanky man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd find him out in the back yard, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nsitting against a tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand his mind in a cocaine dream.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, one fall day when Uncle Bill was [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nhaving a cocaine fit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said Louise, this coke's no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I've made up my mind to quit.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow you take this key and I'll go upstairs and [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nthen you lock the door,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand Lord I swear I won't come down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntill I don't want dope no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, for the first few hours we heard not a sound, [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nupstairs was quiet and still.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\npain from Uncle Bill.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe bounced out of bed and across the room,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI heard him break a chair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then another scream louder than the first as he [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nripped out a hunk of his hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy Mother kissed us all that night, [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nas brother and I lay in bed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\ndying or already dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut all night long we listened to him as he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nraved, pleaded and called.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I swear I heard his fingernails tearing the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\npaper off the walls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter fourteen days and nights of hell, it [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\ngrew quiet overhead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nexpecting to find him dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] \r\nshiny as a brand new dollar.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis hair was combed and his beard was gone, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe'd grown two inches taller.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn his old blue suite and his patterned shoes, he was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nquite a sight to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe light was back in his deep blue eyes, he [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nturned to mother and me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said Louise I've been through hell and I [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nnearly went insane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I finally beat the devils habit, I [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nbeat the demon cocaine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on first fret, play with alternating bass (bottom two strings like most Johnny Cash songs).\n\nAlso when playing C alternate between having your ring finger 3rd fret from the A string to low E string. \n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","A","E","F","G","Am","Em","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}