Intro:
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My [Dmin]Daddy played poker in the woods they say, [Fmaj]back in his younger days
[Gmaj]Prohibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the [Dmin]woods where my
Daddy stayed
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[Dmin]Jugs and jars from shiners, these old [Fmaj]boys here, they ain't miners
They [Gmaj]came from the twenty-niners
It didn't take a [Dmin]hole 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:
[Dmin]Back in the thirties when the dust bowl dried
And the [Fmaj]woods in Alabama didn't see no light
My Daddy [Gmaj]played poker by a hard wood fire
[Dmin]Squeezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
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[Dmin]Scrap like a wildcat fights till the end
[Fmaj]Trap a wildcat and take his skin
[Gmaj]Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
[Dmin]One hand on the jug but you never do know
Solo 1:
[Cmaj] [Gmaj] [Bbmaj] [Fmaj]
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Chorus:
[Cmaj]Son come running
[Gmaj] You better come quick
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]This rotgut moonshine is m[Fmaj]aking me sick
Your[Cmaj] Mama called the law and they're gonna [Gmaj]take me away
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]Down so far even the [Fmaj]Devil 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:
[Cmaj]Son come running
[Gmaj] You better come quick
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]This rotgut moonshine is m[Fmaj]aking me sick
Your[Cmaj] Mama called the law and they're gonna [Gmaj]take me away
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]Down so far even the [Fmaj]Devil 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 [Dmin]Daddy played poker in the woods they say, [Fmaj]back in his younger days
[Gmaj]Prohibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the [Dmin]woods where my
Daddy stayed
[-----]
[-----]
[-----]
[-----]-5/7~
[7----]
[Dmin]Jugs and jars from shiners, these old [Fmaj]boys here, they ain't miners
They [Gmaj]came from the twenty-niners
It didn't take a [Dmin]hole 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:
[Dmin]Back in the thirties when the dust bowl dried
And the [Fmaj]woods in Alabama didn't see no light
My Daddy [Gmaj]played poker by a hard wood fire
[Dmin]Squeezing all his luck from a hot copper wire
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[-2-2-2/3--]
2-2-2---2-
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[Dmin]Scrap like a wildcat fights till the end
[Fmaj]Trap a wildcat and take his skin
[Gmaj]Deal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole
[Dmin]One 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:
[Cmaj]Son come running
[Gmaj] You better come quick
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]This rotgut moonshine is m[Fmaj]aking me sick
Your[Cmaj] Mama called the law and they're gonna [Gmaj]take me away
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]Down so far even the [Fmaj]Devil 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:
[Cmaj]Son come running
[Gmaj] You better come quick
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]This rotgut moonshine is m[Fmaj]aking me sick
Your[Cmaj] Mama called the law and they're gonna [Gmaj]take me away
[Gmaj] [Amaj] [Bbmaj]Down so far even the [Fmaj]Devil 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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