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Moonshiner
by Uncle Tupelo
Transcribed by John Erlinger ([email protected])

Traditional, arranged by Farrar/Tweedy (Warner-Tamerlane Pub./Feedhorn Songs
)
>From the Rockville Records album "March 16-20 1992" (ROCK6090-2)


This is my favorite song by one of my favorite bands.  There are two
guitars in the song and two ways to play it:


Play a harmonica in the key of "C" and strum along with the chords
throwing in plenty of suspended chords:

   Chord diagramAm/GAm/G   Chord diagramF/GF/G    Chord diagramC/GC/G                           Chord diagramG/BG/B     G/C  Chord diagramG/DG/D

|--3------3------3----------------------3------3-------3----3--------|
|--1------1------1----------------------1------0-----0-1--1/3--------|
|--2------2------0----p--0---p--0---p---0------0-------0----0--------|
|--2------3------2---0-2----0-2----0-2--2------0-------0----0--------|
|--0------X------3----------------------3------2-------2----2--------|
|--0------X------X----------------------X------3-------3----3--------|
  Chord diagramAm/GAm/G  Chord diagramF/GF/G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
I am a      moo....
                   Chord diagramG/BG/B  G/C  Chord diagramG/DG/D
For seventeen ...
      Chord diagramAm/GAm/G     Chord diagramF/GF/G     Chord diagramC/GC/G
And I spent ...
               Chord diagramG/BG/B  G/C  Chord diagramG/DG/D
On whiskey ....


   Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramG/BG/B                       Chord diagramC/GC/G       Chord diagramFF

|--1----3-------------------------3---------1--1--0------------------|
|--1----0---0--1--3--5--3--1--0---1----p----1--------3--1--3--1--0---|
|--2----0-------------------------0---0-2---2------------------------|
|--3----0-------------------------2---------3------------------------|
|--3----2-------------------------3---------3------------------------|
|--1----3-------------------------X---------1------------------------|


      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG/BG/B
And I go to ...
    Chord diagramC/GC/G       Chord diagramFF
And set up ....


Here's the version I like to play:

(capo 5th fret)

    Chord diagramEm/DEm/D  Chord diagramC/DC/D   Chord diagramG/DG/D             Chord diagramD MajorD

A---X-----X-----X---------X-----2---------2---------2-------------|
E---3-----3-----3----p----3-----3----p----3----p----3-------------|
C---0-----0-----0---0-2---0-----2---0-2---2---0-2---2-------------|
G---2-----2-----0---------0-----0---------0---------0-------------|
D---2-----3-----2---------2-----0---------0---------0-------------|
A---0-----0-----3---------3-----X---------X---------X-------------|


  Chord diagramEm/DEm/D  Chord diagramC/DC/D     Chord diagramG/DG/D
I am a      moo....
                   Chord diagramD MajorD
For seventeen ...
      Chord diagramEm/DEm/D     Chord diagramC/DC/D     Chord diagramG/DG/D
And I spent ...
               Chord diagramD MajorD
On whiskey ...


      Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramD MajorD
And I go to so...
    Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
And set up ...

If whiskey don't ....


There's a incredible live version of "Moonshiner" by the Tupes on
"Live From The Mountain Stage Vol. 7" on Blue Plate Records.

More Uncle Tupelo stuff including transcriptions:
http://www.webcom.com/~gumbo/uncle-tupelo.html

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