My Uncle Abel chords by
Doug Kershaw
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Intro 1

Verse 1
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7  years
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old when his daddy died,
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yes he was my uncle on my
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daddy's side.
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He was only tall as the kitchen table
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and he would answer to
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the name of Abel.
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When mama gave birth to my brother Ed,
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he was right there by the side of her bed.
He took care of Mama
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the best way he knew
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And he fed Mama and Papa on catfish
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The old Papa kept the catfish,
Mama had the kids
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My Uncle Abel was there when they did
Mama had Nelson when Ed was three
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And five years later he birthed me
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I was the apple of my Uncle's eye
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And nobody's hat better make him a cry
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But I was big and made it understood
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That he would whip anybody
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D D 
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that would
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Whoo!
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Oh!
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Yeah!

Interlude 1

Verse 2

My uncle Abel took an old oak tree

Verse 3

And he made a little rocking chair for me

Verse 4

Back and forth, rocking all day long

Verse 5

He'd the kid,

everybody left me here alone

Verse 6
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Papa said I was to be the last kid,
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but two years later,
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guess what Tommy did?
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She presented Papa with a potent of joy.
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Oh, Russell, he's another bouncing boy.
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She told Papa about the catfish,
and Mama had the kids.
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My Uncle David was there when they did.
He was helping Mama
with the work she had.
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Oh, he sees the attention
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of a gator's wet dad.
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Better not a yew had an uncle too,
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who wouldn't let anybody pick on you.
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I'm so proud, I'm a nephew of his
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Peace, my uncle,
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and I'm glad he is
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Oh, Papa, yes, I had his,
and Mama had the kids
And my Uncle Abel was
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there when they did
He was helping Mama
with the work she had
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Oh, she's either a -catchin' as
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I did her with Dad

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