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Key: E
πΈ Intro:
N.C.
I love that one
N.C.
Four, three, one, two, three, four
E A E G D E
πΈ Verse 1:
E
Got a whiskey drinking fever that I cannnot shake
E
And those girls downtown are more than I can take
A
High-waisted rockies and the sailor's mouths
E
And the boys at the back of the bar scream loud
πΈ Refrain:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
πΈ Verse 2:
E
And I smell like cologne and cigarettes
E
But I ain't found a lady or a bar fight yet
A
I'll wait around just to stir shit up
E
That whiskey river flowing ain't ever enough
πΈ Refrain:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
πΈ Verse 3:
E
'Cause I'm a heavy-drinking hard-hitting good ol' boy
E
There ain't a man in this county that you keep me employed
A
Can't stay sober past 11 a.m
E
My breath smells like my regrets again
πΈ Refrain:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
πΈ Verse 4:
E N.C.
I had a woman in Wisconsin, and a woman in Maine
N.C.
But they told me that they'd never love a man so insane
A N.C.
I head to Oklahoma with the flask and a comb
E
Do my best to find another place I can roam
πΈ Refrain:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
πΈ Verse 5:
E
There was no one in town that would give me a ride
E
So I waited for my heavy drunkenness to subside
A
Stole a pick-up truck from a gas station pump
E
I pray to the Lord for a run of good luck
πΈ Refrain:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
Fiddle πΈ Solo:
E A E G D E
Piano πΈ Solo:
E A E G D E
πΈ Verse 6:
E
And I was four hundred miles down Highway 10
E
All of a sudden I was arrested again
A
They told me eight years in the county pen
E
Or eight years in the army killing evil men
πΈ Refrain:
G A E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
πΈ Bridge:
E
Now there's sand in my boots
E
Sand in my eyes
E
Sand everywhere that sand can hide
A
How I miss those downtown girls
E
And that whiskey river that ruined my world
G D E
Oh
Uncle Sam I wanna go home
πΈ Verse 7:
E
I had a whiskey drinking fever that I could not shake
E
And those girls downtown were more than I could take
A
The high-waisted rockies and the sailor's mouths
E
Boys in the back of the bar screaming loud
πΈ Outro:
G D E
Oh, whiskey river take me home
G D E
Oh, whiskey river I wanna go home
N.C.
(That take ripped)
N.C.
(That take fucking ripped dude)
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Published: May 23, 2022
Last Updated: January 20, 2026