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