When Uncle Bill Quit Dope Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

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.

[C]Well Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother,
[F]tall lanky ma[C]n
[C]But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffing cocaine.
[C]I'd find him out in the back yard,
[F]sitting against a tree[C] .
[C]His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare,
[F]and his mind in a cocaine drea[C]m.
[C]Well one fall day when Uncle Bill was
[F]having a cocaine fit[C] ,
[C]He said Louise this [G]coke's no good
[F]and I've made up my mind to qui[C]t.
[C]Now you take this key and I'l[G]l go upstairs and
[F]then you lock the doo[C]r,
[C]and Lord I swear I [G]wont come down,
[F]till I don't want dope no more[C] .

[CHORUS]
[C]Well he stomped the floor and he [G]beat the door and he m[F]oaned a mournful cr[C]y.
[C]When the last cocaine went [G]through his brain we [F]thought he'd surely [C]die.
[C]He yelled and he cussed and he fe[G]ll on the floor and we [F]almost gave up hop[C]e
[C]As long as I live I [G]wont forget when [F]Uncle Bill quit dope[C] .

[C]Well for the first few hours we heard not a sound,
[F]upstairs was quiet and stil[C]l.
[C]and then all of a sudden we heard a shriek of
[F]pain from Uncle Bil[C]l.
[C]He bounced out of bed and across the room,
[F]I heard him break a chai[C]r.
[C]And then another scream louder than the first as he
[F]ripped out a hunk of his hai[C]r.
[C]My Mother kissed us all that night,
[F]as brother and I lay in be[C]d.
[C]We wondered if poor old Uncle Bill was
[F]dieing or already dea[C]d.
[C]But all night long we listened to him as he
[F]raved pleaded and calle[C]d.
[C]and I swear I heard his finger nails tearing the
[F]paper off the wall[C]s.

[CHORUS]
[C]Well he stomped the floor and he [G]beat the door and he m[F]oaned a mournful cr[C]y.
[C]When the last cocaine went [G]through his brain we [F]thought he'd surely [C]die.
[C]He yelled and he cussed and he fe[G]ll on the floor and we [F]almost gave up hop[C]e
[C]As long as I live I [G]wont forget when [F]Uncle Bill quit dope[C] .

[C]After fourteen days and nights of hell, it
[F]grew quiet over hea[C]d.
[C]And I peered past mother, as she unlocked the door
[F]expecting to find him dea[C]d.
[C]But to my surprise there was Uncle Bill, as
[F]shiny as a brand new d[C]ollar.
[C]His hair was combed and his beard was gone,
[F]he'd grown two inches talle[C]r.
[C]In his old blue suite and his patterned shoes, he was
[F]quite a sight to se[C]e.
[C]The light was back in his deep blue eyes, he
[F]turned to mother and m[C]e.
[C]He said Louise I've been through hell and I
[F]nearly went insan[C]e.
[C]But I finally beat the devils habit, I
[F]beat the demon cocain[C]e.

[CHORUS]
[C]Well he stomped the floor and he [G]beat the door and he m[F]oaned a mournful cr[C]y.
[C]When the last cocaine went [G]through his brain we [F]thought he'd surely [C]die.
[C]He screamed and he hollered and h[G]e fell on the floor and[F] we almost gave up[C] hope
[C]As long as I live I [G]wont forget when [F]Uncle Bill quit dope[C] .