Uncle Lloyd by Darrell Scott Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Uncle Lloyd guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Uncle Lloyd by Darrell Scott using guitar or guitar.
This song by Darrell Scott can also be played by that instruments.
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Uncle Lloyd guitar chords has rhythm and included in Theatre of the Unheard (2004) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Uncle Lloyd by Darrell Scott Guitar Chords


VERSE 1
He was [(G)]not my fathers brother
But he wished that [(F)]he could [(C)]be
Told us [(F)]kids to call him uncle
And we would [(D)]be his fam[(C)]ily
He had a [(G)]wife and kids in Fresno
The youngest one was [(F)]twenty-f[(C)]our
Dad had b[(F)]rought him into our house
They didnt [(D)]want him an[(C)]ymore

VERSE 2
He helped us [(G)]work the family business
Building fences [(F)]in the s[(C)]un
Worked just [(F)]like a man of twenty
Til the wo[(D)]rking day was[(C)] done
He and [(G)]Dad would spend their evening
Sitting in lawn chairs [(F)]in the y[(C)]ard
Where theyd d[(F)]rink a toast to Seagrams
Seagrams [(D)]never went down [(C)]hard

CHORUS
Wont you [(G)]wake up Uncle Lloyd
Got a lot of w[(F)]ork t[(C)]oday
Well get [(F)]Don to make the coffee
Load that [(D)]truck and be on your [(C)]way
Friday [(G)]night you can drive to Vegas
Maybe this time [(F)]you will [(C)]win
Buy a t[(F)]railer by the river
And you wont [(D)]have to work [(C)]again

VERSE 3
He was s[(G)]leeping in the workroom
With a mattress [(F)]on the f[(C)]loor
When one n[(F)]ight I heard him crying
As I passed ou[(D)]tside his [(C)]door
He cried, “[(G)]Rita, girl I love you
Rita, Darling pl[(F)]ease dont[(C)] go
Ive tried h[(F)]ard to make you happy
Ive done ev[(D)]erything I k[(C)]now”

VERSE 4
Then I h[(G)]eard the bottle open
The tipping up and [(F)]putting [(C)]down
Heard the r[(F)]ustling of the covers
Then he did not [(D)]make a so[(C)]und
I thought of [(G)]thirty years of Rita
Standing sternly [(F)]by his s[(C)]ide
All the y[(F)]ears of hanging in there
All the em[(D)]ptiness i[(C)]nside

VERSE 6
Then I t[(G)]hought of how their children
Have children [(F)]of their[(C)] own
And how a [(F)]man at fifty-seven
Winds up living[(D)] so a[(C)]lone

If you want to learn Darrell Scott Uncle Lloyd guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Uncle Lloyd. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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