Rye Whiskey

Intro 
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O Mollie, O Mollie, it's for your sake alone 
         G             D          A           D 
That I leave my old parents, my house and my home 
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My love for you it has caused me to roam 
        G      D           A        D 
I'm a rabble rouser and Dixie's my home 

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Jack o' Diamonds, Jack o' Diamonds and I know you of old 
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You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold 

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O whiskey, you villain, you've been my downfall 
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You've kicked me, you've cuffed me and caused me to brawl 

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My foot's in a stirrup, my bridle's in my hand 
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I'm leaving sweet Mollie, the fairest in the land 
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Her parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor 
      G         D          A        D 
They say I'm unworthy to enter her door 

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They say I drink whiskey, my money's my own 
     G               D            A        D 
And them that don't like me can leave me alone 

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I'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry 
      G           D          A            D 
And when I get thirsty I'll lay down and cry 
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It's Beefsteak when I'm hungry and whiskey when I'm dry 
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Greenbacks when I'm hard up and hell when I die 

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Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry 
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If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die 
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Oh baby, oh baby, I've told you before 
    G          D          A           D 
Do make me a pallet, I'll lie on the floor 

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I've rambled and trambled this wide world around 
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Raising hell with the gang, that's where I am bound 
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It's with these gunslingers, dear Mollie, I'll roam 
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I'm a rabble rouser and Dixie's my home 

         D          F# 
If the ocean were whiskey 
    G         D 
and I were a duck 
     G            D 
I'd dive to the bottom 
     A        D 
and get one sweet sup 

          D            F#          G        D 
But the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't no duck 
         G          D             A              D 
So I'll play jack o diamonds and then we'll get drunk 
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Oh baby, oh baby, I've told you before 
    G        D             A           D 
Do make me a pallet, I'll lie on the floor 

Outro 
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(fade this last one out after strumming it once)