Rye Whiskey chords by Tex Ritter and Nick Cave

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Jack O 'Diamond,
Jack O 'Diamond,
and I know you of old.
You've robbed my pockets
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of silver and gold.
It's a whiskey, you villain,
you've been my downfall
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You've kicked me, you've covered me,
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but I love you for all
And it's a whiskey,
rye whiskey, whiskey I cry
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If I don't get rye whiskey,
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well, I think I will die
It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry,
rye whiskey when I'm dry,
Greenback when I'm hard,
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a bowhead when I die.
Holla goatee and a holler,
a bill me a still,
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I'll give you a gallon for
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the five dollar bill.
Ah whiskey, rye whiskey, whiskey I cry,
If a tree don't fall on me,
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I'll live till I die.
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He -ya. He -ya.
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He -ya -oo -la -la -la -la -la -la.
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If the ocean was whiskey,
and I was a duck,
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I'll jive to the bottom and
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never come up.
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I meant to say up.
Now the ocean ain't whiskey,
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I  ain't a duck.
I'll play jack -o -diamond
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and trust to my luck.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, whiskey, right,
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whiskey, whiskey, I cry
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If a whiskey don't kill me,