Uncle Frank

G They powered up the city with hydro-electric juice Em Now we got more electricity than we can ever use C C/B D C They flooded out the hollow and all the folks down there moved out G D C G But they got paid so there ain’t nothin else to think about G Some of them made their living cutting the timber down, Em Snaking it one log at a time up the hill and into town. C C/B D C T.V.A. had a way to clear it off real fast. G D C G Lots of men and machinery build a dam and drown the rest. Solo G Uncle Frank lived in a cabin down on Cedar Creek, Em Bought fifteen acres when he got back home from overseas. C C/B D C Fifteen rocky acres, figured no one else would want, G D C G Till all that backed up water had to have some place to go. [Refrão]C C/B D Uncle Frank couldn’t read or write. C C/B D Never held down a job, or needed one in his life. Am Em C G They assured him there’d be work for him in town building cars, it’s already going down G The cars never came to town and the roads never got built. Em And the price of all that power kept on going straight uphill. C C/B D C The banks around the hollow sold for lakefront property G D C G Where Doctors, Lawyers, and Musicians teach their kids to water-ski. [Refrão] C C/B D Uncle Frank couldn’t read or write. C C/B D So there was no note or letter found where he died. Am Em C G Just a rope around his neck and the kitchen table turned on it’s side