Rye Whiskey chords by Jesse Colin Young

🎸 Verse 1:
G                        G
  For work I'm too lazy
and beggin' is too slow
                            Em        Am         D
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go



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

🎸 Verse 2:
    G                          C             G
Sometimes I drink whiskey, sometimes I drink wine
    G            Em            Am           D
Ten-thousand ol' bottles
I've killed in my time

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

🎸 Verse 3:
     G                                        G
I'll eat when I'm hungry
I'll drink when I'm dry
                      G           Em            Am          D
Yeah, you know if the women don't kill me
I'll live 'til I die

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

🎸 Verse 4:
    G                               G
And if I get boozy, my whiskey's my own
G              Em           Am       D
and them who don't like me, can leave me alone

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

🎸 Verse 5:
        G                                                 Em
Jack o' diamonds, you ol' jack o' diamonds
I know you of old
G      G              Em         Am         D
You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold

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

🎸 Verse 6:
          G                      C              G
Yeah, for work I'm too lazy, and beggin' is too slow
      G              Em            Am            D
Train robbin' is too dangerous, to gamblin' I'll go

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