Old Crow Medicine Show
Bootlegger's Boy
Standard Tuning

Tabbed by: Colin Long
Email: colinlong76@gmail.com

F# Chord:

e--2--
B--2--
G--2--
D--4--
A--4--
E--2--

Intro: A,E,A,E,A,E,A,E,D,A,E,A,E,A

**The A-E transition is very quick so hardly one strum is required on the E chords.

A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)          AI (x02220@1)was born and raised, A bootlegger's boy,

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)        AIn (x02220@1)the Cherokee Hills, I applied my trade,

E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)     AIn (x02220@1)Mountain City, I had me a time, just makin' money, on Moonshine.

Interlude: A,E,A,E,A...

E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)       ASo (x02220@1)I hauled my load, into Knoxville town,

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)I met me a gal, and we knocked around,

E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)                   ABut (x02220@1)them Knoxville girls, can't leave me alone,

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)       AIn (x02220@1)my suits so fine, and my bottle of corn.

Chorus:
          D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)               F# (244322@1)         AI'm (x02220@1)going back to Mountain City, Where I can make another run,

F# (244322@1)                  A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)                 ALoad (x02220@1)my trunk, with Moonshine whisky, I am a brave, Bootlegger's Son.

Interlude: A,E,A,E,A...

E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)     ASo (x02220@1)I sold that corn, to the Circuit Judge,

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   AOn (x02220@1)the public square, to Mayor Trent,

E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)                        ABut (x02220@1)I met with trouble, on the tracks one night,

E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)          AWith (x02220@1)a drunken man, I commenced to fight.

Interlude: A,E,A,E,A...

E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)     AYeah (x02220@1)I fought five rounds, then I put him away,

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)   AWith (x02220@1)a wicked jab, from a razor blade,

E (022100@1)   D (xx0232@1)                      AAnd (x02220@1)the women screamed, as the bottles broke,

E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)       AOn (x02220@1)stony ground, where the blood did flow.

Chorus:
          D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)         F# (244322@1)                AI'm (x02220@1)going back to Mountain City, gonna make those revenues run

F# (244322@1)              A (x02220@1)             F# (244322@1)                AI (x02220@1)killed a man, in a feud of whiskey, I am a cruel, Bootlegger's son.

Solo: play the chords to the chorus 2x

Interlude: A,E,A,E,A...

E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)     ANow (x02220@1)I roam the night, just to hide my shame,

E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)I lost all my money, can't find a friend,

E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)                      AGonna (x02220@1)drag my bones, to the mountainside,

E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)            AIf (x02220@1)corn don't kill me, I might never die.

Chorus:

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)                   F# (244322@1)           AI'm (x02220@1)going back to Mountain City, or else they'll hang me this I know,

F# (244322@1)              A (x02220@1)             F# (244322@1)                AI (x02220@1)killed a man, in a feud of whiskey, I am a cruel, Bootlegger's boy.

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)                   F# (244322@1)            AI'm (x02220@1)going back to Mountain City, to the Cherokee hills I started from,

F# (244322@1)             A (x02220@1)          F# (244322@1)                AGoing (x02220@1)home broke ain't it a pity, I am a cruel, Bootlegger's son.

Outro: play the chords to chorus