{"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":2759223,"song":"Rye Whiskey","artist":"The Pirates Charles","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11533793-rye-whiskey-chords-by-the-pirates-charles/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2759223?type=chord","rating":4.76852,"votes":37,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the hard times don't kill me, I'll lay down and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you don't give me rye whiskey I surely will die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll tune up my fiddle and rosin my bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI make myself welcome, wherever I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBeefsteak when I'm hungry, red booze when I'm dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDubloons when I'm hard up and religion when I die[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey say I drink whiskey, my money's my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd them that don't like me, can leave me alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSometimes I drink whiskey, sometimes I drink rum[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSometimes I drink brown ale and other times none[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the hard times don't kill me, I'll lay down and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you don't give me rye whiskey I surely will die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut if I get boozey, my whiskey's my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd them that don't like me, can leave me alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJack o' Diamonds, Jack o' Daniel's I know you of old[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou've robbed me poor pockets of silver and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh whiskey, you villain, you've been my downfall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou've kicked me, you've cuffed me, but I love you for all[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf the ocean were whiskey and I was a duck[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd dive to the bottom and drown to get drunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the hard times don't kill me, I'll lay down and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you don't give me rye whiskey I surely will die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy foot in a stirrup, her scarf in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI pray thee sweet Lillie, she'll find a good man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHer parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnfit and unworthy to enter her door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet milk when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf a tree don't fall on me, I'll live 'till I die[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'll buy my own whiskey and make my own stew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when I get drunk all, it's because of you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf the hard times don't kill me, I'll lay down and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you don't give me rye whiskey I surely will die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll drink my own whiskey and finish your wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome ten thousand bottles I've killed in my time[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI've no wife to quarrel, no babies to bawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe best way of livin's with no wife at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn Mullacor Mountain I wander alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm drunk as the devil, oh, leave me alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou may boast of your wisdom and brag of your blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll both be forgotten in the wake of the flood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf things don't get better, I'll lay down and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf I've run out of rye whiskey I might as well die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you don't give me rye whiskey I surely will die...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","C","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}