Artist: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Song: Rye Whiskey
Album: Good Songs (French promo CD)
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Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds
                     Em
I know you most of all
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You've robbed my poor pockets 
   C          G
of silver and gold

And Whiskey, you villain, 
you've been my down-fall
You've cuffed and you've kicked me 
but I loved you of old

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Oh Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
             Em
Whiskey I cried
     D
If I don't get rye Whiskey 
   C            G
I surely will die


Well I go yonder mountain 
and build me a still
And I send you a gallon 
for a five dollar bill
Well it's beefcake when I'm hungry, 
Whiskey when I'm dry
And it's greenbacks when I'm hard off 
and hell when I die


If the sea were made of Whiskey 
and I was a duck
I'd swim to the bottom 
and never come up
Oh, but the sea ain't made of Whiskey 
and I ain't a duck
So I'll play Jack Of Diamonds 
and trust on my luck 

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transcribed by SixGunSaint
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