Poachers chords by Tyler Childers

Key: D


Intro:
D  Em  G  D


Verse 1:
        D             Em         G         D
I ain't bad, I'm just lazy and I ain't got around to it
  Em         D                  G          A
I shot it on Wednesday and it's almost the next
    D         Em              G         D
How long do I have to call it in and be legal
   G        D            A        D
Or is it sufficient if I honor my tags?
      D        Em        G            D
I was askin' myself as I explained to Dylan
    Em            D           G            A
The importance of havin' your license, you see
           D         Em         G            D
'Cause you never can tell when a warden will roll in
     G        D                  A            D
They got more authority than the great God, I think

Chorus:
      G            Em           D
I can hear 'em now talkin', ah, God, it is scandalous
          Em                              G           A
They were took in for poachin', they were both packin' heat
          D              Em               G         D
They were crossin' state lines, they were drivin' a Caddy
       G           D          A             D
With a cab full of dogs and a trunk full of meat


Verse 2:
N.C.
They'd think we were high, they'd say I was slippin'
N.C.
Trill told me 'bout somethin' that his buddies call lean
N.C.
It sounds like a drag, I like my drugs, methy
N.C.
But if I's runnin' with him, they'd suspect it of me


Chorus:
      G            Em           D
I can hear 'em now talkin', ah, God, it is scandalous
    Em                          G             A
His Papaw'd be rollin', I don't know where he strayed
  D               Em                 G          D
I know that you'd know him, he's the one on the rad'ya
         G            D             A           D
He's the one with the vid'ya of the coal minin' gays


[Break]
D  Em  G  D
Em  D  G  A
D  Em  G  D
G  D  A  D


Chorus:
      G            Em           D
I can hear 'em now talkin', ah, God, it is scandalous
   Em                              G             A
He could have been somethin' if he weren't such a mess
      D           Em         G          D
If he hadn't went broke, God cancel him sideways
   G       D              A         D
We lost us another to the others, I guess


Verse 3:
       D*         Em*         G*             D*
I told Trill of a place where they took your belongings
         Em*         D*              G*           A*
And they sold 'em at auction twice a year for the state
             D*         Em*              G*         D*
They'd get a thirty-two North Star, some pistols, a cooler
    G*         D*                A*            D*
The weed would walk off, and the dogs they would take


Chorus:
            G        Em              D
And if they couldn't relearn, oh, my God, it is scandalous
       Em                      G        A
They'd go to a shelter, they'd give 'em away
  D                Em        G        D
A dog that's worth stacks, a one-in-a-million
G            D         A               D
Pride of the kennel, McDowell Kennels' face


Chorus:
          G            Em            D
I hope we keep all our dogs, I'm too busy for prison
    Em                            G          A
And if you get to squintin' in my own unique way
    D       Em         G            D
I'm pretty enough that God, it'd be scandalous
      G        D             A         D
I'm a miner at heart, so I'd dig out a way
        G                Em             D
And I'd stand there like Dufresne, far enough from the searchlight
    Em                           G          A
And flip off you bastards in the sewage and rain
    D           Em       G            D
I'd howl like a dog, I'd sound like a real one
    G           D          A            D
I'd burn like a candle and grin in your face


Outro:
    D           Em       G            D
I'd howl like a dog, I'd sound like a real one
    G           D          A            D
I'd burn like a candle and grin in your face


🏷Legend:

* - One Strum