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Verse 1:
F G
Back in the hills where the woods get thick
Fm C
Brewing shine in a still, growing smoke in the ditch
F G
It's a different way of life but it is what it is
Fm C
You're either poor when you die or firewater rich
{Pre-chorus}
Gm F G
Call us backwoods
C Fm
Or we're backwards
Chorus:
C G
We've got white lightning running through our veins
F Fm
And we'll die trying to save our family name
C G
Where the whip-poor-will's will, the coyotes cry
F F
Way back in the holler where the moon shines
Verse 2:
F G
I didn't choose this life, this lifе chose me
Fm C
Therе's a copper line where my roots run deep
F G
Five generations of living like this
Fm G
I'm a hand-me-down, bootlegging son of a bitch
Chorus:
C G
We've got white lightning running through our veins
F Fm
And we'll die trying to save our family name
C G
Where the whip-poor-will's will, the coyotes cry
F F
Way back in the holler where the moon shines
Post-Chorus:
F G
Whoa-oh
F G
Whoa-oh
F G
Whoa-oh
F G
Whoa-oh
Pre-Chorus:
Gm F F
Call us backwoods
C Fm
Or we're backwards
F G F Fm
But none of that matters
Chorus:
C G
'Cause we've got white lightning running through our veins
F Fm
And we'll die trying to save our family name
C G
When the whip-poor-will's will and them coyotes cry
F
Way back in the holler, in the holler, in the holler
C G
We've got white lightning running through our veins
F Fm
And we'll die trying to save our family name
C G
Where the whip-poor-will's will and them coyotes cry
F
Way back in the holler where the moon shine
Outro:
F G
Burns as bright as a bonfire flames
F
It's in my genes like an old grease stain
F G
It'll be that way 'til the day I die
F G
Way back in the holler where the moon shines
F
Where the moon shines
Song History
Published: December 18, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025