Bootlegger's Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I was born [G]and raised,
A bootlegger's boy,
In the Cherokee Hills,
I applied my trade,
In Mountain [C]City,
I had [G]me a time,
Just making money,

[Verse 2]
On Moonshine.
[G]
So I hauled my load,
Into Knoxville Town,
I met me a gal,
And we knocked around,
But them Knoxville [C]girls,
Can't leave [G]me alone,
In my suits so fine,
And my bottle of corn.
I'm go[C]ing back to Mountain

[Verse 3]
[G]City,
Where I [Em]can make [C]another [G]run,
Load [Em]my trunk with Moon[G]shine whiskey,
I am [Em]a brave [G]Bootlegger's son.

[Verse 4]
[G]
Yeah I sold that corn,
To the Circuit Judge,
On the Public Square,
To Mayor Trent,
But I met [C]with trouble,
On the tracks [G]one night,
With a drunken man,

[Verse 5]
I commenced to fight.
[G]
Yeah I fought five rounds,
Then I put him away,
With a wicked jab,
From a razor blade,
And the women [C]screamed,
As the bottles [G]broke,
On stoney ground,
Where the blood did flow.

[Verse 6]
I'm go[C]ing back to Mountain [G]City,
Gonna make [Em]those reven[C]ues [G]run,
I killed [Em]a man in a feud [G]of whiskey,
I am [Em]a cruel [G]Bootlegger's son.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
Now I roam [G]the night,
Just to hide my shame,
I lost all my money,
Can't find a friend,
Gonna drag [C]my bones,
To the moun[G]tainside,
If corn don't kill [Em]me,
I [Am]might nev[G]er die.

[Verse 8]
I'm go[C]ing back to Mountain [G]City,
Or else [Em]they'll hang [C]me this [G]I know,
I killed [Em]a man [C]in a feud of whis[G]key,
I am [Em]a cruel [G]Bootlegger's boy.
I'm go[C]ing back to Mountain

[Verse 9]
[G]City,
To the Cherokee [Em]Hills [C]I star[G]ted from,
Going [Em]home broke ain't [G]it a pity,
I am [Em]a cruel [G]Bootlegger's son.
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[Outro 1]
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