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Verse 1
(G major) This is an old cowboy song, which is,
I mean it's a real old cowboy song
that's it's like a song, you know,
some songs you've heard all your life
and they just become kind of trite to you,
you know,
like Red River Valley
and America the beautiful.
Things like that.
And this is a song
that had always struck me that way.
Till I read it one day.
Anyway, it's really an old cowboy song
and it's a song called Rye Whiskey
and if you'd like to sing along.
Please do.
I kind of have to think of it as a hymn.
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey,
rye whiskey, (C major) I cry. (G major)
If I don't get rye whiskey,
surely (C major) will die. (G major)
If the ocean were whiskey,
(C major) I was a duck (G major) ,
swim to the bottom
and I (C major) never come (G major) up.
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey,
rye whis (C major) key, I cry. (G major)
If I don't get rye whiskey,
surely (C major) will die. (G major)
That's beefsteak when
I'm hungry,
rye whis (C major) key when I'm dry, (G major)
greenbacks when I'm part
of religion (C major) when I (G major) die.
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey,
rye whis (C major) key
I cry, (G major) if I don't get rye whiskey
I (C major) surely will (G major) die.
Now for workin' I'm too lazy,
beggin's too low,
train robbin's too risky,
so to (C major) gamblin' I'll (G major) go.
Rye whisky, rye whisky,
rye (C major) whisky, I cry
(G major) If I don't get a rye whisky,
I (C major) surely will (G major) die
I drink my own whisky
and I drink my own (C major) wine (G major)
Then thousands of bottles
of (C major) killin' my time (G major)
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey,
rye (C major) whiskey, I cry
(G major) If I don't get rye whiskey,
surely (C major) we'll (G major) die
Whiskey, devil, you're (C major) no friend to (G major) me
You killed my old daddy,
god (C major) damn, you tried me (G major)
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whis (C major) key, I
If (G major) I don't get right whiskey,
I (C major) surely will (G major) die
Outro 1
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Rye Whiskey
Guy Clark
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