Chords:
{t:John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto'}
{artist:Chris Thomas King}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ENJuFV5yI
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[G]
[Gm] Moonshine Whiskey - Ortta be a [G] crime
When [Gm] I started [C] drinkin' - I'm [G] bound to lose my mind
Oh Brother got to [C] get it a few more [G] time
[Gm] Now what's that [G] smokin' - [Gm] yonder cross the [G] hill
Looks [C] like our secret hideaway - we [G] had so many years
John [D] Law done come and [C] run us way from [G] here
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
John Law [Gm] burned down the liquor [C] store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
[Gm] Workin' in the [G] fields - [Gm] all the hot long [G] day
Just thinking [C] 'bout tonight - how we'll get to [G] dance our blues away
But now I fear I'm [C] drinking more a-[G]gain
[Gm] Turned water to [G] whiskey - [Gm] that's what the preacher [G] say
[Gm] Lord I [C] need a mira-[G]cle - to get me thru the day
Muddy [D] water come and [C] wash my blues -[G]way
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
John Law [Gm] burned down the liquor [C] store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
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[Gm] John Law didn't [G] mind us - [Gm] having a little [G] fun
Cause when we [C] made money - [G] he would get him some
The joint will rock un-[C]til the morning [G] comes
But [Gm] when the money got [G] low - he [Gm] took me off to [G] jail
Cauee I [C] drink all my corn liquor - and [G] had no more to sell
I ain't [D] had no one - to [C] get me out on [G] bail
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
John Law [Gm] burned down the liquor [C] store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
[Gm] Good morning [G] judge - [Gm] what may be my [G] fine
When the judge taste my [C] whiskey - he [G] didn't give me no time
He said could you [Gm] make me some [C] more of your moon-[G]shine
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
He [Gm] burned down the liquor [G] store
John Law [Gm] burned down the liquor [C] store
John Law [G] burned down the liquor store
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
Well, that boot-[D]leg [Gm] whiskey - [C] where we gonna [G] go?
