IntroAmC/GFC/GVerse 1AmC/GFC/GG7
I've been a-a moonshiner for seventeen long years
AmC/GFC/GG7
I've spent all my-y money on whiskey an' beer
FGC/GF
I go to some hollow and set up my still
AmC/GFC/GG7
And if whiskey don't kill me then I don't know what will.
Verse 2AmC/GFC/GG7
I'd go to some bar room and drink with my friends
AmC/GFC/GG7
Where the women can't follow an' see what I've spent
FGC/GF
God bless them pretty women, I wish they was mine
AmC/GFC/GG7
Their breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine.
Verse 3AmC/GFC/GG7
Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry
AmC/GFC/GG7
Hmm, dollars when I'm hard up, religion when I die
FGC/GF
The whole world's a bottle an' life's but a dram
AmC/GFC/GG7
When a bottle gets empty, it sure ain't worth a damn.
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