Chords with lyrics
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:
Am/GAm/G F/GF/G C/GC/G G/BG/B G/C G/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--------|
Am/GAm/G F/GF/G C/GC/G
I am a moo....
G/BG/B G/C G/DG/D
For seventeen ...
Am/GAm/G F/GF/G C/GC/G
And I spent ...
G/BG/B G/C G/DG/D
On whiskey ....
FF G/BG/B C/GC/G FF
|--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------------------------|
FF G/BG/B
And I go to ...
C/GC/G FF
And set up ....
Here's the version I like to play:
(capo 5th fret)
Em/DEm/D C/DC/D G/DG/D D 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-------------|
Em/DEm/D C/DC/D G/DG/D
I am a moo....
D MajorD
For seventeen ...
Em/DEm/D C/DC/D G/DG/D
And I spent ...
D MajorD
On whiskey ...
C majorC D MajorD
And I go to so...
G+G C 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