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[Verse 1]
C
My uncle Ted died wealthy
C
All that money was hard won
Am
My uncle Ted died lonely
G7 F C
In the end he pushed away everyone
[Verse 2]
C
It was in the town of Andrews
C
It was nineteen sixty-three
Am
He wed his high school sweetheart
G7
Mom's sister, Almadeen
[Verse 3]
F Am
They put themselves through college
F Am
Way down in Alpine
C
Where the trains snake through the desert
G7 F C
And the coyotes echoes chime
[Verse 4]
C
Deeny was a teacher
C
and Ted he worked the fields
Am
He-got-the oilmen what they asked for
G7
And-cut-himself in on the deal
[Verse 5]
F Am
When Teddy made the big time
F Am
We-looked-up to him with pride
C
No one then suspected
G7 F C
What-he-had goin' on the side
[Verse 6]
C
When he stayed late at the office
He never bothered to explain
Am
And when I saw what he was sellin'
G7
Well it was more than pumps and chain
[Verse 7]
F Am
I guess I wasn't too surprised
F Am
When he brought home the office girl
C
But Deeny was devastated
G7 F C
When they tore apart her world
[Verse 8]
C
You could tell this girl was trouble
But she played on Teddy's pride
Am
Later on we found out
G7
her-first-husband was a suicide
[Verse 9]
F Am
She-turned him against us
F Am
One by one we drifted away
C
My uncle made his choices
G7 F C
There was nothing we could say
[Instrumental]
C Am G7
F C
[Verse 10]
C
In a hospital in Houston
With his Texas trophy wife
Am
And her nephew lawyer waitin'
G7
As Teddy clung to life
[Verse 11]
F Am
She would not leave his bedside
F Am
Till he signed the brand new will
C
She's livin' up in Dallas now
G7 F C
In a mansion on a hill
[Verse 12]
C
There was no one else around him
In the hour of his death
Am
It was my hand that he trusted
When he took his dyin' breath
[Verse 13]
F Am
From a man who left his family
F Am
From this man once so proud
C
Some men like an apology
G7
That-you-could never say out loud
[Verse 14]
C
My uncle Ted died wealthy
All that money was hard won
Am
My uncle Ted died lonely
G7 F C
In the end he pushed away everyone
