{"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":2359573,"song":"Old Moonshiner From Tennessee","artist":"Russell Johnson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488159-old-moonshiner-from-tennessee-chords-by-russell-johnson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2359573?type=chord","rating":4.61074,"votes":13,"content":"CAPO 5\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome and listen to my story every word is true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can learn from my life what not to do[/tab]\r\n\r\nTelling you now from the county jail\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWaitin for my hangin in this cold dark cell.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt started long ago when my pappy told me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo make moonshine whiskey back in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis daddy taught him when he weren't mighty old[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMake the best corn liquor that's ever been sold[/tab]\r\n\r\none measure ............\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nsee it runs in the blood of my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] (hold)         [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJunior Barley was the revenue man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSearched high and low for the still I ran[/tab]\r\n\r\nEverybody knew he was crooked as a snake\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSteal your moonshine and your bride's he'll take[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHim and his agents always comin around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMade him so mad he couldn't shut me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen got personal when he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf I catch on the still you may wind up dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI didn't take kindly to no threat you see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] (hold)         [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nComin home from the still late one night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaw my wife and the kids by the front porch light[/tab]\r\n\r\nStanding beside them was the revenue man\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nScreamin at my youngins wth a gun in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWavin that pistol and cursin my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou better tell me where he is or he may lose his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCrouched in the woods up on Junior's right[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it won't be me that's gonna die tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen I made my mind up on how things would be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] (hold)         [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI sprang from the shadows caught him by surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKnocked the gun from his hands saw the fear in his eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\nRan him straight thru with my old Bowie knife\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo protect my family had to take his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI turned myself in my crime I faced[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThought I'd go free when I plead my case[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJudge and the jury just didn't agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith this old moonshiner from Tennessee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou see it runs in the blood of my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch] (hold)         [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee[/tab]\r\n\r\nAm (play until end)","plain_text":"CAPO 5\n\n[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nTelling you now from the county jail\n\n\n\n\n\n\none measure ............\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nEverybody knew he was crooked as a snake\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStanding beside them was the revenue man\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nRan him straight thru with my old Bowie knife\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm (play until end)","chords":["Am","Dm","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}