Tex Ritter

Rye Whiskey

Tex Ritter


Tom: D

[Intro] D  A7  D 

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O Mollie O mollie it's for your sake alone 
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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 
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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  
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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