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Well, Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother,
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tall lanky man
GC
But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine.
C
I'd find him out in the back yard,
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sitting against a tree.
G
His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare,
C
and his mind in a cocaine dream.
C
Well, one fall day when Uncle Bill was
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having a cocaine fit,
G
He said Louise, this coke's no good
C
and I've made up my mind to quit.
C
Now you take this key and I'll go upstairs and
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then you lock the door,
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and Lord I swear I won't come down,
C
till I don't want dope no more.
[Chorus]
FCFC
Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
AmEmDmG
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
FCFC
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
CFC
As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
[Verse]
C
Well, for the first few hours we heard not a sound,
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upstairs was quiet and still.
G
And then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of
C
pain from Uncle Bill.
C
He bounced out of bed and across the room,
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I heard him break a chair.
G
And then another scream louder than the first as he
C
ripped out a hunk of his hair.
C
My Mother kissed us all that night,
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as brother and I lay in bed.
G
We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was
C
dying or already dead.
C
But all night long we listened to him as he
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raved, pleaded and called.
G
And I swear I heard his fingernails tearing the
C
paper off the walls.
[Chorus]
FCFC
Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
AmEmDmG
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
FCFC
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
CFC
As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
[Verse]
C
After fourteen days and nights of hell, it
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grew quiet overhead.
G
And I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door
C
expecting to find him dead.
C
But to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as
F
shiny as a brand new dollar.
G
His hair was combed and his beard was gone,
C
he'd grown two inches taller.
C
In his old blue suite and his patterned shoes, he was
F
quite a sight to see.
G
The light was back in his deep blue eyes, he
C
turned to mother and me.
C
He said Louise I've been through hell and I
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nearly went insane.
G
But I finally beat the devils habit, I
C
beat the demon cocaine.
[Chorus]
FCFC
Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
AmEmDmG
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
FCFC
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
CFC
As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.
CFC
As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.