IntroAmCFCVerse 1AmCFCG7
I've been a-a moonshiner for seventeen long years
AmCFCG7
I've spent all my-y money on whiskey an' beer
FGCF
I go to some hollow and set up my still
AmCFCG7
And if whiskey don't kill me then I don't know what will.
Verse 2AmCFCG7
I'd go to some bar room and drink with my friends
AmCFCG7
Where the women can't follow an' see what I've spent
FGCF
God bless them pretty women, I wish they was mine
AmCFCG7
Their breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine.
Verse 3AmCFCG7
Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry
AmCFCG7
Hmm, dollars when I'm hard up, religion when I die
FGCF
The whole world's a bottle an' life's but a dram
AmCFCG7
When a bottle gets empty, it sure ain't worth a damn.
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