Old Moonshiner From Tennessee chords

CAPO 5

[INTRO]
[Am]

[VERSE]
[Am]Come and listen to my story ever word is true
[Dm]You can learn from my life what[E7] not to [Am]do

Telling you now from the county jail
[Dm]Waitin for my hangin in this [E7]cold dark [Am]cell.
[Dm]It started long ago when my pappy told me
[E7]To make moonshine whiskey back in Tenn[Am]essee
[Dm]His daddy taught him when he weren't mighty old
Make the [E7]best corn liquor that's ever been [Am]sold

one measure ............

[VERSE]
[Dm]see it runs in the blood of my family
[Am] (hold) [E7] [Am]
I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
[Am]Junior Barley was the revenue man
[Dm]Searched high and low for the [E7]still I [Am]ran

Everybody knew he was crooked as a snake
[Dm]Steal your moonshine and your [E7]bride's he'll [Am]take
[Dm]Him and his agents always comin around
[E7]Made him so mad he couldn't shut me d[Am]own
[Dm]Then got personal when he said
If I c[E7]atch on the still you may wind up [Am]dead

[VERSE]
[Dm]I didn't take kindly to no threat you see
[Am] (hold) [E7] [Am]
I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee

[Am]Comin home from the still late one night
[Dm]Saw my wife and the kids by the [E7]front porch [Am]light

Standing beside them was the revenue man
[Dm]Screamin at my youngins wth a [E7]gun in his [Am]hand
[Dm]Wavin that pistol and cursin my wife
[E7]You better tell me where he is or he may lose his [Am]life
[Dm]Crouched in the woods up on Junior's right
But it [E7]won't be me that's gonna die [Am]tonight

[VERSE]
[Dm]Then I made my mind up on how things would be
[Am] (hold) [E7] [Am]
I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee
[Am]I sprang from the shadows caught him by surprise
[Dm]Knocked the gun from his hands saw the [E7]fear in his [Am]eyes

Ran him straight thru with my old Bowie knife
[Dm]To protect my family had to [E7]take his [Am]life
[Dm]I turned myself in my crime I faced
[E7]Thought I'd go free when I plead my [Am]case
[Dm]Judge and the jury just didn't agree
With this [E7]old moonshiner from Tenn[Am]essee

[Dm]You see it runs in the blood of my family
[Am] (hold) [E7] [Am]
I'm an old moonshiner from Tennessee

Am (play until end)