Chords for New Lost City Ramblers - Kentucky Bootlegger (1962)
Tempo:
108.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[C] [G]
Come all you booze [D] buyers if you want to hear,
About the [C] kind of booze they [G] sell around here,
[C] Made way back in [G] the swamps and the hills,
Where there's plenty of a moonshine still.
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] Some moonshiner's make pretty good stuff,
Bootleggers use it to mix [G] it up,
He'll take a one gallon, well he'll make two,
If you don't mind boys we'll get the best of you.
[A] [G]
[C] [G]
One drop will make a [D] rabbit whip a fool dog,
And a taste will make [C] a rat whip [G] a wild hog,
It'll make [C] a toad spit in a black [G] snake's face,
Make a hard shell [D] creature fall from grace.
[G] [D]
[G]
A lamb will lay [D] down with a lie,
[G] After drinking that old moonshine,
So throw [C] back your head and take a little drink,
And for a week you won't be able to think,
[G]
The moonshiners are getting mighty thick,
And the bootleggers are getting mighty slick,
If they [C] keep on begging they [G] better beware,
They'll be selling each [D] other a duty flare.
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
Come all you booze [D] buyers if you want to hear,
About the [C] kind of booze they [G] sell around here,
[C] Made way back in [G] the swamps and the hills,
Where there's plenty of a moonshine still.
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[D] Some moonshiner's make pretty good stuff,
Bootleggers use it to mix [G] it up,
He'll take a one gallon, well he'll make two,
If you don't mind boys we'll get the best of you.
[A] [G]
[C] [G]
One drop will make a [D] rabbit whip a fool dog,
And a taste will make [C] a rat whip [G] a wild hog,
It'll make [C] a toad spit in a black [G] snake's face,
Make a hard shell [D] creature fall from grace.
[G] [D]
[G]
A lamb will lay [D] down with a lie,
[G] After drinking that old moonshine,
So throw [C] back your head and take a little drink,
And for a week you won't be able to think,
[G]
The moonshiners are getting mighty thick,
And the bootleggers are getting mighty slick,
If they [C] keep on begging they [G] better beware,
They'll be selling each [D] other a duty flare.
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Key:
G
D
C
A
G
D
C
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Come all you booze [D] buyers if you want to hear,
About the [C] kind of booze they [G] sell around here,
[C] Made way back in [G] the swamps and the hills,
Where there's plenty of a moonshine still. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Some moonshiner's make pretty good stuff,
Bootleggers use it to mix [G] it up,
He'll take a one gallon, well he'll make two,
If you don't mind boys we'll get the best of you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One drop will make a [D] rabbit whip a fool dog,
And a taste will make [C] a rat whip [G] a wild hog,
_ It'll make [C] a toad spit in a black [G] snake's face,
Make a hard shell [D] creature fall from grace.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A lamb will lay [D] down with a lie,
_ _ [G] After drinking that old moonshine, _
So throw [C] back your head and take a little drink,
And for a week you won't be able to think, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The moonshiners are getting mighty thick,
_ And the bootleggers are getting mighty slick,
_ If they [C] keep on begging they [G] better beware,
They'll be selling each [D] other a duty flare. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Come all you booze [D] buyers if you want to hear,
About the [C] kind of booze they [G] sell around here,
[C] Made way back in [G] the swamps and the hills,
Where there's plenty of a moonshine still. _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Some moonshiner's make pretty good stuff,
Bootleggers use it to mix [G] it up,
He'll take a one gallon, well he'll make two,
If you don't mind boys we'll get the best of you.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ One drop will make a [D] rabbit whip a fool dog,
And a taste will make [C] a rat whip [G] a wild hog,
_ It'll make [C] a toad spit in a black [G] snake's face,
Make a hard shell [D] creature fall from grace.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A lamb will lay [D] down with a lie,
_ _ [G] After drinking that old moonshine, _
So throw [C] back your head and take a little drink,
And for a week you won't be able to think, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The moonshiners are getting mighty thick,
_ And the bootleggers are getting mighty slick,
_ If they [C] keep on begging they [G] better beware,
They'll be selling each [D] other a duty flare. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _