Johnny Cash – When Uncle Bill Quit Dope (Guitar)

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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As long as I live I won't forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.