(intro 4x) Am E

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I've been a moonshiner For seventeen long years
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I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
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I go to some hollow  And set up my holy holy still
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If drinking do not kill me  Then I don't know what will

( Am E ) (2x)

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I go to some bar room  And drink with my friends
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Say if women and men would come to follow  To see what I might spend
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God bless them handsome men  I wish they was mine
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They're breath is as sweet as  The dew on the holy holy vine

( Am E )

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You're already in hell, you're already in hell
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I wish we could go to hell
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When the bottle gets empty Then life ain't worth a drowm