{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2107111,"song":"Rye Whiskey","artist":"Ronnie Bowman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11457336-rye-whiskey-chords-by-ronnie-bowman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2107111?type=chord","rating":4.53853,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn an old folks home just off the well beaten path[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI visit my grandma and learn of our past[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne day as I walked down the hall I passed by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn old man with tears in his eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI straightened his pillow and covered his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen the old man reached out softly touching my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe smiled and these few words began[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see it meant something by the look in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe old man just lay there repeating that line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen they told me a story that’s sad but it’s true[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf how he’d no family or friends that they knew[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn an old army jacket on the outskirts of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat’s how the old man was found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey thought him a drunkard who just lost his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Cause all he would say were these words all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey brought him here ten years ago to this day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStill all the old man would say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could see it meant something by the look in his eye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe old man just lay there repeating that line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I walked in the room grandma instantly knew[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said my dear boy what’s been bothering you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I told her the story of the man I just met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGrandma looked up and she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey were the words to a song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI sang back when I was a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it told of a solder who made it through war[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd found out his true love was dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew it meant something by the look in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow I know why the old man just laid there and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis heart was still breaking after all of this time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC Em D G\nC Em D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC Em D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC Em D\nG C Em D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Em","D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}