Firewater Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
Living on bread [C] and wine was [D] easy for John and [G] James and Mother Mary
[Em] But I'm no saint, [C] and that's my ball [D] and chain
Cause _ _ _ [G]
when I'm past that [C] silver [D] chalice, I always drink [G] my fill
Until [Em] it knocks me [C] down and tangles up [D] my brain
_ _ _ Yeah, buddy, [G] it's a short [Bm] life, it's a hell [D] of a life
[G] It's a mean old [C] world when you kick to the [G] gutter
And the fire water [D] is the one thing to put [G] out the flame
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
Walking through [C] graveyards and sleeping in [G] alleys
[D] Telling myself [G] the same old [Em] story
Drinking that blood [C] and calling it holy [D]
wine
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Looking in windows [C] and seeing a stranger
[D]
Going through hell [G] like a fallen angel
[Em]
Feeling my bones [C] getting old long before [D] their time
_ _ Yeah, buddy, [G] it's a short life, [D] it's a hell of a life
[G] It's a mean old world [C] when you kick to the [G] gutter
And the fire water got you talking in circles [D]
again
_ _ _ _ _ [G] It's an empty bottle [D] of passing around
[G] When your hopes and dreams [C] have all burned down
[G] And the fire water [D] is the one thing to put out [G] the flame
_ _ _ _ Take [D] me _ _ _ home, take [G] me _ _ [C] home
_ _ [G] Gather me up in your arms, Lord of mercy [D]
divine
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ So take [D] me _ [Am] _ [D] home, _ take [G] me _ _ home
_ Take [D] me _ _ home, _ [G] take [C] me _ _ [D] home
_ [G] Cause it's a short life, [D] it's a hell of a life
[G] It's a mean old world when [C] you kick to the [G] gutter
And the fire water [D] is the one thing to put out the [Em] flame
_ _ _ [C] Yeah, _ [G] the fire water is [D] the one thing to put out the [G] flame
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