Rye Whiskey chords by Ronnie Bowman

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD G+G
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 1:
   G+G       C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
In an old folks home just off the well beaten path
 E minorEm    C majorC      D MajorD      C majorC
I visit my grandma and learn of our past
  G+G    C majorC        D MajorD       E minorEm
One day as I walked down the hall I passed by
  A augmentedA             D MajorD
An old man with tears in his eyes

   G+G       C majorC     G+G     D MajorD
At a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet
 E minorEm        C majorC     D MajorD      C majorC
I straightened his pillow and covered his feet
     G+G        C majorC     D MajorD      E minorEm
Then the old man reached out softly touching my hand
  C majorC        D MajorD      G+G  C majorC
He smiled and these few words began

Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die
    E minorEm      C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
I could see it meant something by the look in his eyes
  G+G      C majorC      D MajorD      E minorEm
The old man just lay there repeating that line
   C majorC        G+G      D MajorD      G+G
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die

Interlude:
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 2:
     G+G     C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Then they told me a story that’s sad but it’s true
  E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD         C majorC
Of how he’d no family or friends that they knew
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In an old army jacket on the outskirts of town
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That’s how the old man was found

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They thought him a drunkard who just lost his mind
    E minorEm      C majorC       D MajorD       C majorC
‘Cause all he would say were these words all the time
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They brought him here ten years ago to this day
C majorC       D MajorD       G+G
Still all the old man would say

Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die
    E minorEm      C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
I could see it meant something by the look in his eye
  G+G      C majorC      D MajorD      E minorEm
The old man just lay there repeating that line
   C majorC        G+G      D MajorD      G+G
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die

Interlude:
C majorC E minorEm D MajorD
G+G C majorC E minorEm D MajorD

Verse 3:
    G+G       C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
When I walked in the room grandma instantly knew
  E minorEm      C majorC        D MajorD     C majorC
She said my dear boy what’s been bothering you
   G+G      C majorC      D MajorD     E minorEm
So I told her the story of the man I just met
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Grandma looked up and she said

Bridge:
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If I don’t drink rye whiskey were the words to a song
 C majorC       D MajorD    C majorC
I sang back when I was a kid
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And it told of a solder who made it through war
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And found out his true love was dead

Chorus:
   G+G        C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die
 E minorEm      C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
I knew it meant something by the look in his eyes
   G+G      C majorC      D MajorD       E minorEm
Now I know why the old man just laid there and cried
   C majorC        G+G      D MajorD      G+G
If I don’t drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I’ll die
  G+G        C majorC       D MajorD      E minorEm
His heart was still breaking after all of this time
   C majorC        G+G      D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD  G+G