---- Written by Tom T. Hall and Miss Dixie Hall ----
---- on Alecia Nugent's Album A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane ----
-- 1st VERSE --
C F C
When I got the word that our Uncle Joe died
G
I did what we all did, I sat down and cried
C F C
Got into my car, headed home for the hills
G C
Back home to Kentucky where the funeral was held
-- CHORUS --
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C
His memory so sweet to recall
F
Uncle Joe lived such a good life
D G
Love and respected by all
C
His jokes were the talk of the county
C F
He knew how to make people laugh
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C G C
And then I smiled all the way back
--2ND VERSE --
C F C
The Preacher said Joe was a wonderful guy
G
And God has a project for him in the sky
C F C
His stories are binging the Angels a smile
G C
To turn us in new ways to cheer us awhile
-- 3RD VERSE --
C F C
Joe once brought a skunk into Sunday School class
G
That even made grouchy ole Deacon Jones laugh
C F C
He says it's been fixed and it smells like a rose
G C
All of you good christians turn loose of your nose
-- CHORUS --
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C
His memory so sweet to recall
F
Uncle Joe lived such a good life
D G
Love and respected by all
C
His jokes were the talk of the county
C F
He knew how to make people laugh
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C G C
And then I smiled all the way back
-- 4TH VERSE --
C F C
That Halloween night no one meant any harm
G
When the outhouse was perched up on Grandpa's old barn
C F C
I think of those things when I tell Joe goodbye
G C
A smile on my lips and a tear in my eye
-- CHORUS --
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C
His memory so sweet to recall
F
Uncle Joe lived such a good life
D G
Love and respected by all
C
His jokes were the talk of the county
C F
He knew how to make people laugh
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C G C
And then I smiled all the way back
F C
I cried all the way to Kentucky
C G C
And then I smiled all the way back
