When Uncle Bill Quit Dope – Johnny Cash
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"When Uncle Bill Quit Dope" - Johnny Cash
Recorded live on "The Johnny Cash Show" on January 13, 1971
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YjW1Zb1O3o
- Song starts at 0:25.
Capo on 1st fret
Intro
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Here's a brand new song written by Nashville's own Dick Feller.
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Story about some of his kinfolks, I think.
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It's called "When Uncle Bill Quit Dope".
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
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Now, Uncle Bill was my mother's brother, a tall, lanky man
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But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine
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I'd find him out in the backyard, sitting against a tree
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His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare and his mind in a cocaine dream
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Well, one fall day when Uncle Bill was having a cocaine fit
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He said, "Louise, this coke's no good and I've made up my mind to quit.
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Now, you take this key and I'll go upstairs and then you lock the door
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And Lord, I swear I'll stay up there 'til I don't want dope no more."
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry
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When the last cocaine went through his brain, we thought he'd surely die
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He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live, I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope
Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
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Well, for the first few hours, we heard not a sound, upstairs was quiet and still
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And then, all of a sudden, we heard a shriek of pain from Uncle Bill
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He bounced out of bed and across the room, I heard him break a chair
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And then another scream louder than the first as he ripped out a hunk of his hair
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My mother kissed us all that night and as brother and I lay in bed
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We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was dying or already dead
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But all night long, we listened to him as he raved and pleaded and called
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And I swear I heard his fingernails tearing the paper off the walls
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry
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When the last cocaine went through his brain, we thought he'd surely die
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He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live, I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
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After fourteen days and nights of hell, it grew quiet overhead
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And I peered past mother as she unlocked the door, expecting to find him dead
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But to my surprise, there was Uncle Bill, as shiny as a brand new dollar
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His hair was combed and his beard was gone, he had grown two inches taller
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In his old blue suit and his patent shoes, he was quite a sight to see
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And the light was back in his deep blue eyes and he turned to mother and me
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He said, "Louise, I've been through hell and I nearly went insane
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But I finally kicked that devil's habit, I beat the demon cocaine."
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Well, he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry
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When the last cocaine went through his brain, we thought he'd surely die
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He screamed and he hollered and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
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As long as I live, I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope
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As long as I live, I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope