When Uncle Bill Quit Dope

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Well, Uncle Bill was my Mothers 
Brother,
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tall lanky man
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But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's 
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life, he took to sniffing cocaine.
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I'd find him out in the back yard,
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sitting against a tree.
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His eyes bugged out in a cocaine 
stare,
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and his mind in a cocaine dream.
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Well, one fall day when Uncle Bill 
was
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having a cocaine fit,
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He said Louise, this coke's no good
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and I've made up my mind to quit.
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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,
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till I don't want dope no more.


[Chorus]
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Well, he stomped the floor and he 
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beat the door and he moaned a 
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mournful cry.
         Am                Em     
When the last cocaine went through
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 his brain we thought he'd surely 
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die.
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He yelled and he cussed and he 
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fell on the floor and we almost 
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gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget 
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when Uncle Bill quit dope.


[Verse]
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Well, for the first few hours we 
heard not a sound,
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upstairs was quiet and still.
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And then all of a sudden we heard a 
shriek of
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pain from Uncle Bill.
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He bounced out of bed and across the
 room,
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I heard him break a chair.
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And then another scream louder than 
the first as he
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ripped out a hunk of his hair.
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My Mother kissed us all that night,
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as brother and I lay in bed.
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We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill 
was
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dying or already dead.
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But all night long we listened to 
him as he
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raved, pleaded and called.
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And I swear I heard his fingernails 
tearing the
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paper off the walls.


[Chorus]
         F                        
Well, he stomped the floor and he 
C                    F     
beat the door and he moaned a 
            C
mournful cry.
         Am                Em     
When the last cocaine went through
              Dm                 
 his brain we thought he'd surely 
  G
die.
   F                           C  
He yelled and he cussed and he 
                      F            
fell on the floor and we almost 
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gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget 
      F               C
when Uncle Bill quit dope.


[Verse]
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After fourteen days and nights of 
hell, it
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grew quiet overhead.
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And I peered past mother, as she 
unlocked the door
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expecting to find him dead.
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But to my surprise there was Uncle 
Bill, as
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shiny as a brand new dollar.
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His hair was combed and his beard 
was gone,
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he'd grown two inches taller.
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In his old blue suite and his 
patterned shoes, he was
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quite a sight to see.
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The light was back in his deep blue 
eyes, he
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turned to mother and me.
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He said Louise I've been through 
hell and I
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nearly went insane.
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But I finally beat the devils habit,
 I
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beat the demon cocaine.


[Chorus]
         F                        
Well, he stomped the floor and he 
C                    F     
beat the door and he moaned a 
            C
mournful cry.
         Am                Em     
When the last cocaine went through
              Dm                 
 his brain we thought he'd surely 
  G
die.
   F                           C  
He yelled and he cussed and he 
                      F            
fell on the floor and we almost 
   C
gave up hope
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As long as I live I won't forget 
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when Uncle Bill quit dope.
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As long as I live I won't forget 
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when Uncle Bill quit dope.