Rye Whiskey

Intro D D D D D F# G D 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 F# G D My love for you it has caused me to roam G D A D I'm a rabble rouser and Dixie's my home D F# G D Jack o' Diamonds, Jack o' Diamonds and I know you of old G D A D You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold D F# G D O whiskey, you villain, you've been my downfall G D A D You've kicked me, you've cuffed me and caused me to brawl D F# G D My foot's in a stirrup, my bridle's in my hand G D A D I'm leaving sweet Mollie, the fairest in the land D F# G D 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 D F# G D 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 D F# G D 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 D F# G D It's Beefsteak when I'm hungry and whiskey when I'm dry G D A D Greenbacks when I'm hard up and hell when I die D F# G D Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry G D A D If I don't get rye whiskey I surely will die G D A D Oh baby, oh baby, I've told you before G D A D Do make me a pallet, I'll lie on the floor D F# G D I've rambled and trambled this wide world around G D A D Raising hell with the gang, that's where I am bound D F# G D It's with these gunslingers, dear Mollie, I'll roam G D A D 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 G D A D 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 D D D (fade this last one out after strumming it once)