Uncle Ted

G F 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 C Am G7 F C 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