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      This was a request for this song to be done in standard tuning
      which I have done. A lot of the song is done with pull offs and
      hammer ons and thus chords like Dm would also become a Dsus2
      when the pointer finger is pulled off the  E string. This
      would also apply when the pointer finger is pulled off the Am
      chord making that an Asus2. I did not put them in but mentioned
INTRO:
Gm  Dm  Gm  A
Dm  Dm  Dm  Am Dm
VERSE:
WAmhere were Gmyou when the saw mill bDmurned?
I was out fAmighting with my grandpa's Dmgun
They can fGmollow me as best they Dmcan
But I can run qAmuicker when there is no sun
Shine Dmon
Shine Amon
Shine Dmon
Shine Amon
VERSE:
YAmeah the gGmovernment of this sDmtate
Ain't the only Amway that the sherrif gets pDmaid
You can Gmtry to hide who you Dmare
But they'll see strAmaight through your charade
Shine Dmon
Shine Amon
Shine Dmon
Shine AmonC  
CHORUS:
WhCere do the hDmound dogs eat
When the pAmeople are frAail?
Where does the sDmmoke from your lungs go
OAmnce you exhAale?
What do the cGmockroaches do
With Dmno one 'roAund?
They live like the mGmoonshiners
HDmalf undergroAund
INSTRUMENTAL:
Gm  Dm  Gm  Dm
Gm  Dm  Gm  A
VERSE:
Yes it was Gmme that burned it dDmown
To confound eAveryone and make it well known
That after Gm33 years of tDmhis
I've got a gAovernment of my ownA  A  A  A  A  A  
Shine Dmon
Shine Aon
Shine Dmon
Shine AmonC  
CHORUS:
WhCere do the hDmound dogs eat
When the pAmeople are frAail?
Where does the sDmmoke from your lungs go
OAmnce you exhAale?
What do the cGmockroaches do
With Dmno one 'roAund?
They live like the mGmoonshiners
HDmalf undergroAmundDm  Am  Dm  Am  Dm  

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Moonshiners

by Goodnight, Texas

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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This was a request for this song to be done in standard tuning

which I have done. A lot of the song is done with pull offs and

hammer ons and thus chords like Dm would also become a Dsus2

when the pointer finger is pulled off the E string. This

would also apply when the pointer finger is pulled off the Am

chord making that an Asus2. I did not put them in but mentioned

INTRO:

Gm Dm Gm A

Dm Dm Dm Am Dm

VERSE:

Am Gm Dm

Where were you when the saw mill burned?

Am Dm

I was out fighting with my grandpa's gun

Gm Dm

They can follow me as best they can

But I can run quicker when there is no sun

Shine on

VERSE:

Am Gm Dm

Yeah the government of this state

Am Dm

Ain't the only way that the sherrif gets paid

Gm Dm

You can try to hide who you are

But they'll see straight through your charade

Shine on

Am C

Shine on

CHORUS:

C Dm

Where do the hound dogs eat

Am A

When the people are frail?

Where does the smoke from your lungs go

Am A

Once you exhale?

What do the cockroaches do

Dm A

With no one 'round?

They live like the moonshiners

Dm A

Half underground

INSTRUMENTAL:

Gm Dm Gm Dm

Gm Dm Gm A

VERSE:

Gm Dm

Yes it was me that burned it down

To confound everyone and make it well known

Gm Dm

That after 33 years of this

A A A A A A A

I've got a government of my own

Shine on

Am C

Shine on

CHORUS:

C Dm

Where do the hound dogs eat

Am A

When the people are frail?

Where does the smoke from your lungs go

Am A

Once you exhale?

What do the cockroaches do

Dm A

With no one 'round?

They live like the moonshiners

Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm

Half underground

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