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