Tex Ritter - Rye Whiskey guitar chord

Tex Ritter - Rye Whiskey

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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

It’s a whiskey you villain you've been my downfall

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You've kicked me you've cuffed me but I love you for all.

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It’s a whiskey Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cry

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If I don’t get Rye Whiskey well I think I will die. (Oooh hick)

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It’s a beefsteak when I'm hungry Rye Whiskey when I'm dry

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Greenbacks when I'm hard up Heaven when I die

I’ll a goatee and a holler and a build me a still

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I’ll give you a gallon for a five dollar bill.

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Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey I cry

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If a tree don’t fall on me I’ll live till I die.

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(Ooooh hick)

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If the ocean was whiskey,(hick) and I was a duck

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I'd dive to the bottom and never come up.

Now the ocean ain't whiskey and I ain't a duck

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I’ll play Jack O’ Diamond and trust to my luck.

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Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cry

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If the whiskey don’t kill me I’ll live till I die.

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