Corn Liquor Chords

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Corn Liquor by Buck Owens is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
Well when I was a little bitty boy 
                        D7 
No bigger than an old polecat 
       G 
Well I used to wonder like all kids 
     D7           G 
What made this do that 

N.C. 
Now I'd seen what happened to my pa 
                            D7 
When he take a drink from a jug 
          G 
Yeah he'd start with a smile and then after awhile 
        D7                      G 
He'd be out on the floor like a rug 

     C           G 
Corn liquor corn liquor 
                          D7 
What makes you do what you do 
          G 
Well they feel no pain when you touch their brain 
     D7               G 
Corn liquor they love you 

N.C. 
Well now one day in the afternoon 
                       D7 
My folks were away for awhile 
       G 
Yeah I got the jug down from the shelf 
       D7            G 
To see what made 'em smile 

N.C. 
Now I slowly sipped and I nearly flipped 
                   D7 
That one drink was enough 
        G 
For the life of me I just can't see 
         D7              G 
Why they love that awful stuff 

N.C. 
Well as I grew older I thought about 
                      D7 
That first sip that I had 
       G 
Yeah I really burned and soon I learned 
   D7              G 
It wasn't all that bad 

N.C. 
Now to ease the pressures of this world 
                           D7 
Here's the way I've got it figured 
         G 
Well the thing to do for me and you 
         D7              G 
Is drink lotsa good corn liquor 
    	

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