Old Moonshiner Chords by Russell Johnson
Tempo:
65.25 bpm
Chords used:
Am
Dm
B
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [B]
[Am] Come listen to my story, every word is true [Dm] You can learn from my wife [Am] what not to do
Telling it now from the county [Dm] jail Waiting for my [Am] hanging in this cold dark sea
[Dm] Started long ago when my pappy taught me to make [Am] moonshine whiskey back in Tennessee
Daddy taught [Dm] him when he was mighty old to make the best [Am] corn liquor what's ever been seen
You see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I remember moonshiner from Tennessee
Junior Barlow was the revenue man [Dm] Searched high and low [Am] for the still unread
Everybody knew he was crooked as a [Dm] snake Steal your [Am] moonshine and your bribes he'd [Dm] take
Him and his agents always coming round Made him so [Em] mad he couldn't shut me [Dm] down
Then it got personal when he said [Am] If I catch you on the still you may wind up dead
[Dm] Oh I don't take kindly to no threats You [Am] see I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Coming home from the still late one night [Dm] Saw my wife and my kids by the front [Am] porch light
Standing beside him was the revenue [Dm] man Screaming at my [Am] youngins with a gun in his [Dm] hand
Waving that pistol cursing my wife You better tell me [E] where he is or he may lose [Dm] his life
Crouched in the woods I thought Junior you're [Am] right But it won't be me that's gonna die tonight
That [Dm] made my mind up on how things would [Am] be Cause I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
I sprang from the shadows caught him by [Dm] surprise Knocked the gun from his hand [Am] saw the fear in his eyes
Ran him straight through with my old boy [Dm] knife To protect my [Am] family had to take his [Dm] life
I turned myself in my crime I'd face [Am] Thought I'd go free when they plead [Dm] my case
Judge and the jury just didn't agree With this old moonshiner from [Am] Tennessee
You [Dm] see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Tennessee
[Am] Come listen to my story, every word is true [Dm] You can learn from my wife [Am] what not to do
Telling it now from the county [Dm] jail Waiting for my [Am] hanging in this cold dark sea
[Dm] Started long ago when my pappy taught me to make [Am] moonshine whiskey back in Tennessee
Daddy taught [Dm] him when he was mighty old to make the best [Am] corn liquor what's ever been seen
You see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I remember moonshiner from Tennessee
Junior Barlow was the revenue man [Dm] Searched high and low [Am] for the still unread
Everybody knew he was crooked as a [Dm] snake Steal your [Am] moonshine and your bribes he'd [Dm] take
Him and his agents always coming round Made him so [Em] mad he couldn't shut me [Dm] down
Then it got personal when he said [Am] If I catch you on the still you may wind up dead
[Dm] Oh I don't take kindly to no threats You [Am] see I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Coming home from the still late one night [Dm] Saw my wife and my kids by the front [Am] porch light
Standing beside him was the revenue [Dm] man Screaming at my [Am] youngins with a gun in his [Dm] hand
Waving that pistol cursing my wife You better tell me [E] where he is or he may lose [Dm] his life
Crouched in the woods I thought Junior you're [Am] right But it won't be me that's gonna die tonight
That [Dm] made my mind up on how things would [Am] be Cause I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
I sprang from the shadows caught him by [Dm] surprise Knocked the gun from his hand [Am] saw the fear in his eyes
Ran him straight through with my old boy [Dm] knife To protect my [Am] family had to take his [Dm] life
I turned myself in my crime I'd face [Am] Thought I'd go free when they plead [Dm] my case
Judge and the jury just didn't agree With this old moonshiner from [Am] Tennessee
You [Dm] see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Tennessee
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _
_ [Am] _ _ Come listen to my story, every word is true [Dm] You can learn from my wife [Am] what not to do
Telling it now from the county [Dm] jail Waiting for my [Am] hanging in this cold dark sea
[Dm] Started long ago when my pappy taught me to make [Am] moonshine whiskey back in Tennessee
Daddy taught [Dm] him when he was mighty old to make the best [Am] corn liquor what's ever been seen
_ You see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I remember _ moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ _ Junior Barlow was the revenue man [Dm] Searched high and low [Am] for the still unread
Everybody knew he was crooked as a [Dm] snake Steal your [Am] moonshine and your bribes he'd [Dm] take
Him and his agents always coming round Made him so [Em] mad he couldn't shut me [Dm] down
Then it got personal when he said [Am] If I catch you on the still you may wind up dead
_ [Dm] Oh I don't take kindly to no threats You [Am] see I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Coming _ _ _ _ _ home from the still late one night [Dm] Saw my wife and my kids by the front [Am] porch light
Standing beside him was the revenue [Dm] man Screaming at my [Am] youngins with a gun in his [Dm] hand
Waving that pistol cursing my wife You better tell me [E] where he is or he may lose [Dm] his life
Crouched in the woods I thought Junior you're [Am] right But it won't be me that's gonna die tonight
_ That [Dm] made my mind up on how things would [Am] be Cause I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ I sprang from the shadows caught him by [Dm] surprise Knocked the gun from his hand [Am] saw the fear in his eyes
Ran him straight through with my old boy [Dm] knife To protect my [Am] family had to take his [Dm] life
I turned myself in my crime I'd face [Am] Thought I'd go free when they plead [Dm] my case
Judge and the jury just didn't agree With this old moonshiner from [Am] Tennessee
_ You [Dm] see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I'm an old _ moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
Tennessee _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ Come listen to my story, every word is true [Dm] You can learn from my wife [Am] what not to do
Telling it now from the county [Dm] jail Waiting for my [Am] hanging in this cold dark sea
[Dm] Started long ago when my pappy taught me to make [Am] moonshine whiskey back in Tennessee
Daddy taught [Dm] him when he was mighty old to make the best [Am] corn liquor what's ever been seen
_ You see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I remember _ moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ _ Junior Barlow was the revenue man [Dm] Searched high and low [Am] for the still unread
Everybody knew he was crooked as a [Dm] snake Steal your [Am] moonshine and your bribes he'd [Dm] take
Him and his agents always coming round Made him so [Em] mad he couldn't shut me [Dm] down
Then it got personal when he said [Am] If I catch you on the still you may wind up dead
_ [Dm] Oh I don't take kindly to no threats You [Am] see I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
Coming _ _ _ _ _ home from the still late one night [Dm] Saw my wife and my kids by the front [Am] porch light
Standing beside him was the revenue [Dm] man Screaming at my [Am] youngins with a gun in his [Dm] hand
Waving that pistol cursing my wife You better tell me [E] where he is or he may lose [Dm] his life
Crouched in the woods I thought Junior you're [Am] right But it won't be me that's gonna die tonight
_ That [Dm] made my mind up on how things would [Am] be Cause I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
_ _ _ I sprang from the shadows caught him by [Dm] surprise Knocked the gun from his hand [Am] saw the fear in his eyes
Ran him straight through with my old boy [Dm] knife To protect my [Am] family had to take his [Dm] life
I turned myself in my crime I'd face [Am] Thought I'd go free when they plead [Dm] my case
Judge and the jury just didn't agree With this old moonshiner from [Am] Tennessee
_ You [Dm] see it runs in my blood and my family [Am] I'm an old _ moonshiner from Tennessee _ _
Tennessee _ _ _ _ _ _
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