G                       C
 I’ve been a moonshiner 
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For seventeen long years 
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I've spent all my money 
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On whiskey and beer
G                C
I'll go to some hollow 
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And set up my still
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And I'll sell you a gallon 
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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