-- 1st VERSE -- C5 F5 C5 When I got the word that our Uncle Joe died G5 I did what we all did, I sat down and cried C5 F5 C5 Got into my car, headed home for the hills G5 C5 Back home to Kentucky where the funeral was held -- CHORUS -- F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 His memory so sweet to recall F5 Uncle Joe lived such a good life D5 G5 Love and respected by all C5 His jokes were the talk of the county C5 F5 He knew how to make people laugh F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 G5 C5 And then I smiled all the way back --2ND VERSE -- C5 F5 C5 The Preacher said Joe was a wonderful guy G5 And God has a project for him in the sky C5 F5 C5 His stories are binging the Angels a smile G5 C5 To turn us in new ways to cheer us awhile -- 3RD VERSE -- C5 F5 C5 Joe once brought a skunk into Sunday School class G5 That even made grouchy ole Deacon Jones laugh C5 F5 C5 He says it's been fixed and it smells like a rose G5 C5 All of you good christians turn loose of your nose -- CHORUS -- F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 His memory so sweet to recall F5 Uncle Joe lived such a good life D5 G5 Love and respected by all C5 His jokes were the talk of the county C5 F5 He knew how to make people laugh F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 G5 C5 And then I smiled all the way back -- 4TH VERSE -- C5 F5 C5 That Halloween night no one meant any harm G5 When the outhouse was perched up on Grandpa's old barn C5 F5 C5 I think of those things when I tell Joe goodbye G5 C5 A smile on my lips and a tear in my eye -- CHORUS -- F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 His memory so sweet to recall F5 Uncle Joe lived such a good life D5 G5 Love and respected by all C5 His jokes were the talk of the county C5 F5 He knew how to make people laugh F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 G5 C5 And then I smiled all the way back F5 C5 I cried all the way to Kentucky C5 G5 C5 And then I smiled all the way back