Moonshiner Chords
by Uncle Tupelo
Moonshiner by Uncle Tupelo is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords Am/G, F/G, C/G, G/B, G/C, G/D, F, Em/D, C/D, D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am/G F/G C/G G/B G/C G/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/G F/G C/G
I am a moonshiner
G/B G/C G/D
For seventeen long years
Am/G F/G C/G
And I spent all my money
G/B G/C G/D
On whiskey and beer
F G/B C/G F
|--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------------------------|
F G/B
And I go to some hollow
C/G F
And set up my still
If whiskey don't kill me
Lord, I don't know what will
And I go to some barroom
To drink with my friends
Where the women they can't follow
To see what I spend
God bless them, pretty women
I wish they was mine
With breath as sweet as
The dew on the vine
Let me eat when I'm hungry
Let me drink when I'm dry
Two dollars when I'm hard up
Religion when I die
The whole world is a bottle
And life is but a dram
When the bottle gets empty
Lord, it sure ain't worth a damn
Here's the version I like to play:
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Em/D C/D G/D D
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/D C/D G/D
I am a moonshiner
D
For seventeen long years
Em/D C/D G/D
And I spent all my money
D
On whiskey and beer
C D
And I go to some hollow
G C
And set up my still
If whiskey don't kill me
Lord, I don't know what will