Rye Whiskey chords by Tex Ritter and Nick Cave

SimplifiedC · G · C#

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Intro 1

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