• Song:

    Moonshiner

  • Artist:

    Scorpios

"Moonshiner" by the Scorpios (Joey Cape, Tony Sly [RIP], Jon Snodgrass, Brian Wahlstrom)
off of their self-titled album.  Note: the final chord in each line is to be played
with the final word in the respective verse/chorus (it's going to be shifted out of 
place when this is submitted).

Intro: Am F C G x 2

Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)         CI've (x32010@1)been a moonshiner

C (x32010@1)                    GFor (320003@1)seventeen long years

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)           CI've (x32010@1)spent all my money

C (x32010@1)                GOn (320003@1)whiskey and beer

F (133211@1)               GI (320003@1)go to some hollow

C (x32010@1)               FAnd (133211@1)drink my still

Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)              CIf (x32010@1)the whiskey don't kill me

C (x32010@1)                  GI (320003@1)don't know what will

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)          CI (x32010@1)go to some barroom

C (x32010@1)                      GTo (320003@1)drink with my friends

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)                CWhere (x32010@1)the women can't follow

C (x32010@1)                 GTo (320003@1)see what I spend

F (133211@1)                             GGod (320003@1)bless them pretty women

C (x32010@1)                 FI (133211@1)wish they was mine

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)          CWith (x32010@1)breath as sweet as

C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)dew on the vine

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)               CLet (x32010@1)me eat when I'm hungry

C (x32010@1)                        GLet (320003@1)me drink when I'm dry

Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)                    CTwo (x32010@1)dollars when I'm hard up

C (x32010@1)               GReligion (320003@1)when I die

F (133211@1)                           GThe (320003@1)whole world is a bottle

C (x32010@1)                    FAnd (133211@1)life is but a dram

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)                  CWhen (x32010@1)the bottle gets empty

C (x32010@1)                          GIt (320003@1)sure ain't worth  a damn

Outro: Am F C G (close on G or Am)

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