Old Oaken Bucket chords by Smoky Dawson

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major) The  (D major) next song takes me back to a tour
I did into the Daisy Mountains
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beyond Chat (A major) tanooga.
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Most everybody  (D major) there was a moonshiner
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and  (A major) I  was luck (D major) y to get out  (A major) alive.
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They sure did  (D major) throw the lead around there
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and  (A major) this song is  (D major) about them.  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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They shall hold in the  (G major) Hall of King  (D major) Bat -Tek
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And it won't hold no water no  (A major) more
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They shall  (D major) hold in the  (G major) Hall of King Bat  (D major) -Tek
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And through it  (A major) the water does pour
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Oh, he were  (D major) the best pale
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in the  (G major) mountains
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With nearly  (E major) a defect of  (A major) glow
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Oh, that  (D major) hole in the  (G major) o  'erlooking bucket  (D major) 
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 (B major) Was  (E major) put there when  (A major) boys shot at  (D major) four
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Now my pappy was  (G major) far too romantic
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 (D major) He was sure bound to come to some  (A major) hill
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And the one  (D major) thing that
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 (G major) night broke him frantic
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 (D major) Was the  (A major) hussy that lived on  (E major) the  (A major) hill
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Oh, he said  (D major) it were right for her to  (G major) help her
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To the  (E major) well by the old water mill  (A major) 
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Just to  (D major) carry her  (G major) old looking buck (D major) et
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For  (B major)  (E major) his name was  (A major) Jack and
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hers was  (D major) Jim  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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But my ma said she thought  (G major) 
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that's no reason  (D major) 
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For my poor pappy's carrying on  (A major) 
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And she said  (D major) he was fly
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 (G major) ing sure as sneezing  (D major) 
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For his  (A major) name weren't  (E major) Jack, it was John
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 (A major) Then my  (D major) ma told my mother to  (G major) get up
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An (E major) d  act like a true -blood man  (A major) 
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And  (D major) when he was  (G major) able to  (D major) sit up
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My  (B major)  (E major) ma pulled the trig (A major) ger again  (D major) 
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There's a hole in your  (G major) lookin'  (D major) bucket
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And it won't hold no water no  (A major) more
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So I plugged  (D major) up my  (G major) hole with a  (D major) finger
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And threw  (A major) it through water  (E major) be fore  (A major) 
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Oh, I  (D major) guess there's no use in deny (G major) ing
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The end  (E major) of my bucketless game  (A major) 
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Oh, there'd  (D major) not been a hole  (G major) in that  (D major) bucket
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If  (B major)  (E major) more had it  (A major) took better  (D major) end  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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