Real Old Mountain Dew chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
     G                 C
Let grasses grow, and waters flow,
      G             D7
In a free and easy way,
    G                      C
But give me enough of the fine old stuff
       G         D7     G
That's made near Galway Bay.

Chorus 1:
N.C.
Oh, peelers all, from Dongegal.
 Em
Galway and E-Trim too—
       D7            G                     C
We'll give them the slip and we'll take a sip
        G       D7       G
Of the real old Mountain Dew.

Verse 2:
       G                          C
At the foot of the hill there's a neat little still
          G                     D7
Where the smoke curls up to the sky.
        G                          C
By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell
             G       D7         G
That there's whiskey brewing nearby.

Chorus 2:
N.C.
For it fills the air with odor rare,
      Em
And betwixt both me and you,
     D7                    G      C
When home you roll you can take a bowl
     G             D7       G
Or a bucket of the mountain dew.

Verse 3:
    G               C
Now learned men who use the pen
       G                  D7
Who've wrote your praises high,
     G                             C
This sweet 'pocheen' (potion) from Ireland's green
   G           D7        G
Distilled from wheat and rye.

Chorus 3:
N.C.
Throw away your pills—it'll cure all ills
   Em
Of pagan or Christian, Jew.
     D7                G         C
Take off your coat and free your throat
         G        D7       G
With the real old Mountain Dew.