Carolina Moonshiner chords by Porter Wagoner

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) On yonder side
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of the  (C major) Smoky  (G major) Mountains
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 (C major) Hidden  (G major) away, in the Caro (D major) lina  (G major) hills
Guarded by the trees and the
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 (C major) weeds and the  (G major) bushes
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 (C major) Buford  (G major) El lis, runs a  (D major) moonshine  (G major) still

Verse 2
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 (G major) Buford Ellis, is the  (C major) kind of  (G major) feller
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That  (C major) don't care a  (G major) bit,
if he's a breakin' the law
The fact that whiskey,
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mak (C major) ing ain't  (G major) legal
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 (C major) Don't seem to  (G major) bother
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old  (D major) Buford at  (G major) all

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Verse 3

'Cause, he's a, Carolina moonshiner

Makin that moonshine,

drinkin' his fill

A Carolina moonshiner

If the law don't get him, then the moonshine

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will

Verse 4
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Buford's got  (A flat major) a wife and  (D flat major)  (A flat major) 11 children
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People  (D flat major) say,
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 (A flat major) they ain't nothin' but trash
'Cause,
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their daddy makes  (D flat major) their  (A flat major) living
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 (D flat major) Cookin' and a  (A flat major) can  nin',
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that caro (E flat major) lina  (A flat major) mash

Verse 5
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Old  (A flat major) bootleggin' Buford,
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is a  (D flat major) low  down  (A flat major) drunkard
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A  (D flat major) no   good  (A flat major) moonshiner's, all that he is
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That's what most folks  (D flat major) say, about  (A flat major) him
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At  (D flat major) least he's a  (A flat major) feedin', his  (E flat major) wife and  (A flat major) kids

Verse 6
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 (A flat major) And  he's a Carolina  (D flat major) moon shiner
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 (A flat major) A  (D flat major) mak  in' that  (A flat major) moonshine,
drinkin' his fill
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Carolina  (D flat major) moonshiner (A flat major) 
If the law don't get him,
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then the moonshine will  (F minor) 
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And  (A flat major) he's a Carolina

Verse 7
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 (D flat major) moon (A flat major) shiner
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 (D flat major) Makin' that  (A flat major) moonshine,
drinkin' his fill
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Carolina  (D flat major) moonshiner (A flat major) 
If the law don't get him,
then the moonshine will