Intro:
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My DminDaddy played poker in the woods they say, Fmajback in his younger days
GmajProhibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the Dminwoods where my
Daddy stayed
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DminJugs and jars from shiners, these old Fmajboys here, they ain't miners
They Gmajcame from the twenty-niners
It didn't take a Dminhole in the ground to put the bottom in their face
Riff:
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You can hit the high E string (or D in this song's case) whenever you'd like during that
to add a fuller and less repetetive sound.
Verse:
DminBack in the thirties when the dust bowl dried
And the Fmajwoods in Alabama didn't see no light
My Daddy Gmajplayed poker by a hard wood fire
DminSqueezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
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DminScrap like a wildcat fights till the end
FmajTrap a wildcat and take his skin
GmajDeal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
DminOne hand on the jug but you never do know
Solo 1:
Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj
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Chorus:
CmajSon come running
Gmaj You better come quick
Gmaj Amaj BbmajThis rotgut moonshine is mFmajaking me sick
YourCmaj Mama called the law and they're gonna Gmajtake me away
Gmaj Amaj BbmajDown so far even the FmajDevil won't stay
Verse:
Where I call to the Lord with all my soul
I can hear him rattling the chains on the door
He couldn't get in I could see he tried
Through the shadows of the cage around the forty watt light
Riff:
(There's a variation at the end, just play a D for a little while longer)
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Chorus:
Daddy tell me another story
Tell me about the lows and the highs
Tell me how to tell the difference between what they tell me is the truth or a lie
Tell me why the ones who have so much make the ones who don't go mad
With the same skin stretched over their white bones and the same jug in their hand
Verse:
My Daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back when the world was gray
Before black and white went and chose up sides and gave a little bit of both their way
Solo 2: (played in the middle of this verse)
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The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener
Without either you just get meaner and the blood you gave gives you away
Back to Solo 1:
Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj
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Chorus:
CmajSon come running
Gmaj You better come quick
Gmaj Amaj BbmajThis rotgut moonshine is mFmajaking me sick
YourCmaj Mama called the law and they're gonna Gmajtake me away
Gmaj Amaj BbmajDown so far even the FmajDevil won't stay
Verse:
Where I call to the Lord with all my soul
I can hear him rattling the chains on the door
He couldn't get in I could see he tried
Through the shadows of the cage around the forty watt light
Riff:
(Another variation at the end, its only slightly different from the riff)
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My DminDaddy played poker in the woods they say, Fmajback in his younger days
GmajProhibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the Dminwoods where my
Daddy stayed
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[-----]-5/7~
[7----]
DminJugs and jars from shiners, these old Fmajboys here, they ain't miners
They Gmajcame from the twenty-niners
It didn't take a Dminhole in the ground to put the bottom in their face
Riff:
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You can hit the high E string (or D in this song's case) whenever you'd like during that
to add a fuller and less repetetive sound.
Verse:
DminBack in the thirties when the dust bowl dried
And the Fmajwoods in Alabama didn't see no light
My Daddy Gmajplayed poker by a hard wood fire
DminSqueezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
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DminScrap like a wildcat fights till the end
FmajTrap a wildcat and take his skin
GmajDeal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
DminOne hand on the jug but you never do know
Solo 1:
Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj
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5/7----7\5-3/7--7/10--10-8\7\5-5-7-8-7\5\3-------------------7/8\7~~~-
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Chorus:
CmajSon come running
Gmaj You better come quick
Gmaj Amaj BbmajThis rotgut moonshine is mFmajaking me sick
YourCmaj Mama called the law and they're gonna Gmajtake me away
Gmaj Amaj BbmajDown so far even the FmajDevil won't stay
Verse:
Where I call to the Lord with all my soul
I can hear him rattling the chains on the door
He couldn't get in I could see he tried
Through the shadows of the cage around the forty watt light
Riff:
(There's a variation at the end, just play a D for a little while longer)
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Chorus:
Daddy tell me another story
Tell me about the lows and the highs
Tell me how to tell the difference between what they tell me is the truth or a lie
Tell me why the ones who have so much make the ones who don't go mad
With the same skin stretched over their white bones and the same jug in their hand
Verse:
My Daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back when the world was gray
Before black and white went and chose up sides and gave a little bit of both their way
Solo 2: (played in the middle of this verse)
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The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener
Without either you just get meaner and the blood you gave gives you away
Back to Solo 1:
Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj
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5/7----7\5-3/7--7/10--10-8\7\5-5-7-8-7\5\3-------------------7/8\7~~~-
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Chorus:
CmajSon come running
Gmaj You better come quick
Gmaj Amaj BbmajThis rotgut moonshine is mFmajaking me sick
YourCmaj Mama called the law and they're gonna Gmajtake me away
Gmaj Amaj BbmajDown so far even the FmajDevil won't stay
Verse:
Where I call to the Lord with all my soul
I can hear him rattling the chains on the door
He couldn't get in I could see he tried
Through the shadows of the cage around the forty watt light
Riff:
(Another variation at the end, its only slightly different from the riff)
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