G                        G
  For work I'm too lazy,   and beggin' is too slow
                            Em        Am         D
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go

[Chorus]
    G            C            G         D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G             C                      G      D           G
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die, I surely will die

[Verse 2]
    G                          C             G
Sometimes I drink whiskey, sometimes I drink wine
    G            Em            Am           D
Ten-thousand ol' bottles, I've killed in my time

[Chorus]
    G            C            G         D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G              G            C           G               D           G
If I don't get my rye whiskey, I surely will die, you know I surely will die

[Verse 3]
     G                                        G
I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry
                      G           Em            Am          D
Yeah, you know if the women don't kill me, I'll live 'til I die

[Chorus]
    G            C            G         D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G              G          C           G     D           G
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die, I surely will die

[Verse 4]
    G                               G
And if I get boozy, my whiskey's my own,
    G              Em           Am       D
and them who don't like me, can leave me alone

[Chorus]
    G            C                      D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G              G         C           G               D           G
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die, you know I surely will die

[Verse 5]
        G                                                 Em
Jack o' diamonds, you ol' jack o' diamonds, I know you of old
G      G              Em         Am         D
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

[Chorus]
    G            C            G         D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G              G          C           G              D           G
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die, you know I surely will die

[Verse 6]
          G                      C              G
Yeah, for work I'm too lazy, and beggin' is too slow
      G              Em            Am            D
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go

[Chorus]
    G            C            G         D
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
     G             G          C           G               D           C   G D G
If I don't get rye whiskey, I surely will die, you know I surely will die