Verse
C#m A E B
I've been a moonshiner for seventeen long years
C#m A E B
I've spent all my money on whiskey and beer
A B E A
I go to some hollow and set up my still
C#m A E
And if whiskey don't kill me
B
Then I don't know what will
[Verse 2]
(same chords)
C#m A E B
I go to some barroom and drink with my friends
C#m A E B
Where the women can't follow and see what I spent
A B E A
God bless them pretty women, how I wish they was mine
C#m A E
Their breath is as sweet as
B
The dew on the vine
[Verse 3]
(same chords)
C#m A E B
Let me eat when I'm hungry, let me drink when I'm dry
C#m A E B
Give me dollar when I'm hard up, religion when I die
A B E A
The whole world's a bottle, and life's just a dram
C#m A E
When a bottle gets empty
B
It sure ain't worth a damn