G C
I?ve been a moonshiner
G
For seventeen long years
D G
I've spent all my money
D
On whiskey and beer
G C
I'll go to some hollow
D D7
And set up my still
G C
And I'll sell you a gallon
D D7
For a ten dollar bill
Then I'll go to a bar room
And drink with my friends
Where the women can't follow
And see what I spend
God bless them pretty women
I wish one was mine
Because their breath is as sweet
As the dew on the vine
Give me food when I'm hungry
Give me drink when I'm dry
A dollar when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
If this whole world's a bottle
And life's but a dram
When the bottle is empty
It sure ain't worth a damn
I've been a moonshiner
For seventeen long years
I've spent all my money
On whiskey and beer
I'll go to some hollow
And set up my still
If the whiskey don't kill me
I don't know what will