Chords for Bootlegger's Christmas (Calvin Hillier)
Tempo:
96.6 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] It
[B] was the night of the trip and the weather was fair, on [E] a water not a ripple from point
through to St.
Pierre.
With the fog [B] thick as cobwebs I had felt for the shore, the only sound could [E] be heard was
the swish of an oar.
Then all of a sudden, [B] from out of the night, on the road by the shore, flashed a mountain's [E] red light.
Here it is, Christmas Eve, Santa's [B] on his way, and I'm an old bootlegger boy steamin'
in [E] the bay.
I got me a load of booze on board and I'm headin' [A] into shore.
[B] It's my second trip this week and I'm goin' back [E] for more.
When Santa comes to our house I bet he's gonna [B] laugh.
I'll put a drop of elkie into his [E] syrup glass.
He'll go ho-ho, that I know, while sippin' on [A] me drink.
[B] He'll mix his elkie three to one while standing by the sink.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed beneath the [E] tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on [E] the tree.
I started fishing in the spring, didn't do [B] much at all.
So I began bootlegging tobacco and [E] alcohol.
The bootlegger business is booming boys, and the profits are so high.
[B] I have a lot of things now I can never afford [E] to buy.
My children play Nintendo games on their own [B] TV.
They all got fury box underneath [E] the tree.
Mommy's got a microwave and dresses so [A] galore.
I [B] got a new three-wheeler and Chevy four by [E] four.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty [F#] elkie jars and hang them on the [E]
tree.
Our little boy is five years old, he's daddy's [B] little man.
Mom took him out last summer, she pushed him in [E] his pram.
He cried cause he wanted to walk, didn't like that [A] pram at all.
[B] But hidden by his teddy bear, two jars of [E] alky hol.
When the news spread around the telephones were [B] tapped.
He said, devil I still get my boots and [E] cowboy hat.
I said, don't you worry boy, I'm good at [A] this trade.
I [B] got me an elkie hidden son, so don't you [E] be afraid.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on the [E] tree.
What a [B] bootlegger's Christmas [E] it will be.
[B] was the night of the trip and the weather was fair, on [E] a water not a ripple from point
through to St.
Pierre.
With the fog [B] thick as cobwebs I had felt for the shore, the only sound could [E] be heard was
the swish of an oar.
Then all of a sudden, [B] from out of the night, on the road by the shore, flashed a mountain's [E] red light.
Here it is, Christmas Eve, Santa's [B] on his way, and I'm an old bootlegger boy steamin'
in [E] the bay.
I got me a load of booze on board and I'm headin' [A] into shore.
[B] It's my second trip this week and I'm goin' back [E] for more.
When Santa comes to our house I bet he's gonna [B] laugh.
I'll put a drop of elkie into his [E] syrup glass.
He'll go ho-ho, that I know, while sippin' on [A] me drink.
[B] He'll mix his elkie three to one while standing by the sink.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed beneath the [E] tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on [E] the tree.
I started fishing in the spring, didn't do [B] much at all.
So I began bootlegging tobacco and [E] alcohol.
The bootlegger business is booming boys, and the profits are so high.
[B] I have a lot of things now I can never afford [E] to buy.
My children play Nintendo games on their own [B] TV.
They all got fury box underneath [E] the tree.
Mommy's got a microwave and dresses so [A] galore.
I [B] got a new three-wheeler and Chevy four by [E] four.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty [F#] elkie jars and hang them on the [E]
tree.
Our little boy is five years old, he's daddy's [B] little man.
Mom took him out last summer, she pushed him in [E] his pram.
He cried cause he wanted to walk, didn't like that [A] pram at all.
[B] But hidden by his teddy bear, two jars of [E] alky hol.
When the news spread around the telephones were [B] tapped.
He said, devil I still get my boots and [E] cowboy hat.
I said, don't you worry boy, I'm good at [A] this trade.
I [B] got me an elkie hidden son, so don't you [E] be afraid.
What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on the [E] tree.
What a [B] bootlegger's Christmas [E] it will be.
Key:
E
B
A
F#
E
B
A
F#
_ _ _ _ [E] _ It _
_ [B] was the night of the trip and the weather was fair, on [E] a water not a ripple from point
through to St.
Pierre.
With the fog [B] thick as cobwebs I had felt for the shore, the only sound could [E] be heard was
the swish of an oar.
Then all of a sudden, [B] from out of the night, on the road by the shore, flashed a mountain's [E] red light.
_ _ Here it is, Christmas Eve, Santa's [B] on his way, and I'm an old bootlegger boy steamin'
in [E] the bay.
I got me a load of booze on board and I'm headin' [A] into shore.
[B] It's my second trip this week and I'm goin' back [E] for more.
When Santa comes to our house I bet he's gonna [B] laugh.
I'll put a drop of elkie into his [E] syrup glass.
He'll go ho-ho, that I know, while sippin' on [A] me drink.
[B] He'll mix his elkie three to one while standing by the sink. _
What a bootlegger's Christmas it will be. _
We got plenty of backy boys packed beneath the [E] tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on [E] the tree. _
I started fishing in the spring, didn't do [B] much at all.
So I began bootlegging tobacco and [E] alcohol.
The bootlegger business is booming boys, and the profits are so high.
[B] I have a lot of things now I can never afford [E] to buy.
_ My children play Nintendo games on their own [B] TV.
They all got fury box underneath [E] the tree.
Mommy's got a microwave and dresses so [A] galore.
I [B] got a new three-wheeler and Chevy four by [E] four.
_ What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
_ We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty [F#] elkie jars and hang them on the [E]
tree.
Our little boy is five years old, he's daddy's [B] little man.
Mom took him out last summer, she pushed him in [E] his pram.
He cried cause he wanted to walk, didn't like that [A] pram at all.
[B] But hidden by his teddy bear, two jars of [E] alky hol.
_ When the news spread around the telephones were [B] tapped.
He said, devil I still get my boots and [E] cowboy hat.
I said, don't you worry boy, I'm good at [A] this trade.
I [B] got me an elkie hidden son, so don't you [E] be afraid.
_ What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
_ We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on the [E] tree.
What a [B] bootlegger's Christmas [E] it will be. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] was the night of the trip and the weather was fair, on [E] a water not a ripple from point
through to St.
Pierre.
With the fog [B] thick as cobwebs I had felt for the shore, the only sound could [E] be heard was
the swish of an oar.
Then all of a sudden, [B] from out of the night, on the road by the shore, flashed a mountain's [E] red light.
_ _ Here it is, Christmas Eve, Santa's [B] on his way, and I'm an old bootlegger boy steamin'
in [E] the bay.
I got me a load of booze on board and I'm headin' [A] into shore.
[B] It's my second trip this week and I'm goin' back [E] for more.
When Santa comes to our house I bet he's gonna [B] laugh.
I'll put a drop of elkie into his [E] syrup glass.
He'll go ho-ho, that I know, while sippin' on [A] me drink.
[B] He'll mix his elkie three to one while standing by the sink. _
What a bootlegger's Christmas it will be. _
We got plenty of backy boys packed beneath the [E] tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on [E] the tree. _
I started fishing in the spring, didn't do [B] much at all.
So I began bootlegging tobacco and [E] alcohol.
The bootlegger business is booming boys, and the profits are so high.
[B] I have a lot of things now I can never afford [E] to buy.
_ My children play Nintendo games on their own [B] TV.
They all got fury box underneath [E] the tree.
Mommy's got a microwave and dresses so [A] galore.
I [B] got a new three-wheeler and Chevy four by [E] four.
_ What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
_ We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty [F#] elkie jars and hang them on the [E]
tree.
Our little boy is five years old, he's daddy's [B] little man.
Mom took him out last summer, she pushed him in [E] his pram.
He cried cause he wanted to walk, didn't like that [A] pram at all.
[B] But hidden by his teddy bear, two jars of [E] alky hol.
_ When the news spread around the telephones were [B] tapped.
He said, devil I still get my boots and [E] cowboy hat.
I said, don't you worry boy, I'm good at [A] this trade.
I [B] got me an elkie hidden son, so don't you [E] be afraid.
_ What a bootlegger's Christmas it [B] will be.
_ We got plenty of backy boys packed [E] beneath the tree.
We'll save their gifts from relatives and fool the [A] Mounties.
[B] We'll paint the empty elkie jars and hang them on the [E] tree.
What a [B] bootlegger's Christmas [E] it will be. _ _ _ _ _ _ _