Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Get you a copper kettle,
C majorC G+G C majorC
Get you a copper coil,
E minorEm A minorAm
Fill it with new-made corn mash
FF G+G
And never more you'll toil.
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
And you lay there by the juniper
A minorAm E minorEm
while the moon is bright,
A minorAm G+G
Watch them jugs a-filling
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
In the pale moonlight.
Verse 2:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Build you a fire with hickory,
C majorC G+G C majorC
Hickory, ash and oak,
E minorEm A minorAm
Don't use no green or rotten wood;
FF G+G
They'll get you by the smoke.
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
And you lay there by the juniper
A minorAm E minorEm
while the moon is bright,
A minorAm G+G
Watch them jugs a-filling
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
In the pale moonlight.
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G C majorC
My daddy, he made whiskey;
C majorC G+G C majorC
My grand-daddy, he did too.
E minorEm A minorAm
We ain't paid no whiskey tax
FF G+G
Since seventeen ninety-two.
Chorus:
A minorAm E minorEm
As you lay there by the juniper
A minorAm E minorEm
while the moon is bright,
A minorAm G+G
Watch them jugs a-filling
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
In the pale moonlight.