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When Uncle Bill Quit Dope

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Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel.

Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice

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My first ever tab here so might not be perfect but I've noticed no one else has had an attempt at this
so here's how I play it.

Capo on first threat, play with alternating base (bottom two strings like most Johnny Cash songs)

Also when playing C alternate between having your ring finger 3rd threat from the A string to low E string.
This is what Johnny was doing so watch his video if you don't understand.

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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 wont 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 beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
C G F C
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
C G F C
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
C G F C
As long as I live I wont forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.

C
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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dieing 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 finger nails tearing the
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paper off the walls.

Chorus
C G F C
Well he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
C G F C
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
C G F C
He yelled and he cussed and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
C G F C
As long as I live I wont forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.

C
After fourteen days and nights of hell, it
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grew quiet over head.
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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
C G F C
Well he stomped the floor and he beat the door and he moaned a mournful cry.
C G F C
When the last cocaine went through his brain we thought he'd surely die.
C G F C
He screamed and he hollered and he fell on the floor and we almost gave up hope
C G F C
As long as I live I wont forget when Uncle Bill quit dope.