Bootleggers Blues

 
D 
There ain't no work in the mountains since the shut down the mines 

I've got a wife and 6 children and they're hungry all the time 
     G 
So I have to find another way, not one that I'm proud of 
        D 
But the union says it's hopeless and we can't live on love 
   A 
We really need some groceries and the rents way overdo 
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That's why I've got the bootlegger's blues 

 
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Looking over my shoulder, a short step from the long arm of the law 
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These old mountain roads are dangerous, especially with a load of alcohol 
            D 
Don't wanna make my wife a widow, leave my kids without a dad 
        G 
But I'd rather be in the graveyard than to see them starve to death 
         D                              A 
I've got nothing left to what I have to do 
       C                G            D 
That's why I've got the bootlegger's blues 

Break 

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D 
Well I used to be an honest man with dignity and pride 

But they say I can't dig coal no more and I have to provide 
  G 
I don't want their welfare, that's all I've got to say 
         D 
They can stick it where the sun don't shine cause I make my own way 
   A 
My heart is in this holler, I don't wear no leaving shoes 
    C               G            D 
I'd rather have the bootlegger's blues 

Break 

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        D                   C                   G               D 
Looking over my shoulder, a short step from the long arm of the law 
          D                             C                         A 
These old mountain roads are dangerous, especially with a load of alcohol 
            D 
Dont' wanna make my wife a widow, leave my kids without a dad 
        G 
But I'd rather be in the graveyard than to see them starve to death 
         D                              A 
I've got nothing left to what I have to do 
       C                G            D 
That's why I've got the bootlegger's blues 
         D                              A 
I've got nothing left to what I have to do 
       C                G            D 
That's why I've got the bootlegger's blues