Rye Whiskey chords by Jesse Colin Young

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Verse 1:
G+G            G+G
 For work I'm too lazy
and beggin' is too slow
              E minorEm    A minorAm     D MajorD
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go


🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       C majorC           G+G   D MajorD      G+G
If I don't get rye whiskey
I surely will die
I surely will die

🎸 Verse 2:
  G+G             C majorC       G+G
Sometimes I drink whiskey, sometimes I drink wine
  G+G      E minorEm      A minorAm      D MajorD
Ten-thousand ol' bottles
I've killed in my time

🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       G+G      C majorC      G+G        D MajorD      G+G
If I don't get my rye whiskey
I surely will die, you know I surely will die

🎸 Verse 3:
   G+G                    G+G
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
           G+G      E minorEm      A minorAm     D MajorD
Yeah, you know if the women don't kill me
I'll live 'til I die

🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       G+G     C majorC      G+G   D MajorD      G+G
If I don't get rye whiskey
I surely will die
I surely will die

🎸 Verse 4:
  G+G                G+G
And if I get boozy, my whiskey's my own
G+G       E minorEm      A minorAm    D MajorD
and them who don't like me, can leave me alone

🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC           D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       G+G     C majorC      G+G        D MajorD      G+G
If I don't get rye whiskey
I surely will die, you know I surely will die

🎸 Verse 5:
    G+G                         E minorEm
Jack o' diamonds, you ol' jack o' diamonds
I know you of old
G+G   G+G       E minorEm     A minorAm     D MajorD
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       G+G     C majorC      G+G       D MajorD      G+G
If I don't get rye whiskey
I surely will die, you know I surely will die

🎸 Verse 6:
     G+G           C majorC       G+G
Yeah, for work I'm too lazy, and beggin' is too slow
   G+G       E minorEm      A minorAm      D MajorD
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go

🎸 Chorus:
  G+G      C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I cry
   G+G       G+G     C majorC      G+G        D MajorD      C majorC  G+G D MajorD G+G
If I don't get rye whiskey
I surely will die, you know I surely will die