Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Title: Dooley
Artist: The Dillards
Album: Black Porch Bluegrass
Verse:
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Dooley was a good ole man
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He lived below the mill
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Dooley had two daughters
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And a forty-gallon still
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One gal watched the boiler
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The other watched the spout
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And mama corked the bottles
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And ole Dooley fetched 'em out
Chorus:
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Dooley slippin' up the holler
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Dooley try to make a dollar
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Dooley give me a swaller
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And I'll pay you back someday
Verse:
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The revenuers came for him
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A-sippin' though the woods
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Dooley kept behind them all
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And never lost his goods
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Dooley was a trader
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When into town he'd come
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Sugar by the bushel
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And molasses by the ton
Chorus:
G+G
Dooley slippin' up the holler
C majorC
Dooley try to make a dollar
G+G
Dooley give me a swaller
D MajorD G+G
And I'll pay you back someday
Verse:
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I remember very well
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The day ole Dooley died
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The women folk weren't sorry
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And the men stood round and cried
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Now Dooleys on the mountain
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He lies there all alone
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They put a jug beside him
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And a barrel for his stone
Chorus:
G+G
Dooley slippin' up the holler
C majorC
Dooley try to make a dollar
G+G
Dooley give me a swaller
D MajorD G+G
And I'll pay you back someday