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Cover here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJaiOvxHqw
During verses hammer on and off middle and index finger on the E chord. Also the lyrics are probably not 100%
comment and I will make amendments to the tab.
Capo on 3rd fret
E E
Early in the morning when the sun does rise
D A E
laying in the bed with blood shot eyes
E E
late in the evening when the sun sinks low
D A E
well that's about time my rooster crows
E E
I've got women up and down this creek
D A E
where to keep me going and my engine clean
E E
run me ragged but I don't fret
D A E
cause there ain't been nothing slow me down just yet
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Chorus:
E
Get me drinking that moonshine
D A
get me higher than a grocery bill
E
take my troubles to the high wall
D A
throw them in the river and get your fill
E
we been sniffing that cocaine
D A
and no better feeling when the wind cuts cold
E
low its mighty hard living
D A E
but a damn good feeling to run these roads
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E E
I got people trying to tell me Red
D A E
well you keep this living and you wind up dead
E E
cast your troubles on the lord of lords
D A E
wind up lying on the cooling board
E E
but I got buddies up at white house road
D A E
they keep me strutting when my feet hang low
E E
right good whiskey gonna ease my pain
D A E
and all this running gonna keep me sane
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Chorus:
E
Get me drinking that moonshine
D A E
get me higher than a grocery bill
E
take my troubles to the high wall
D A E
throw them in the river and get your fill
E
we been sniffing that cocaine
D A E
and no better feeling when the wind cuts cold
E
low its mighty hard living
D A E
but a damn good feeling to run these roads
D A E
damn good feeling to run these roads
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E E
When they lay me in the cold hard clay
D A E
singing them hymns while the banjo plays
E E
tell those ladies that they ought not frown
D A E
cause there ain't been nothing ever hold me down
E E
well the lawman, women or a shallow grave
D A E
same old blues just a different day
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Chorus:
E
Get me drinking that moonshine
get me higher than a grocery bill
E
take my troubles to the high wall
throw them in the river and get your fill
E
we been sniffing that cocaine
and no better feeling when the wind cuts cold
E
low its mighty hard living
Other versions of this song
- White House Road (Bass)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025