Chords for Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three "Claude Jones" and "Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight"
Tempo:
134.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
G
A
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Shall we?
[D] Okay.
[G] [D]
[Gm] Start it again.
[E] [D] Sorry.
ha ha [D] ha!
[G] [G#]
[G#m] [G]
[D] Okay.
[G] [D]
[Gm] Start it again.
[E] [D] Sorry.
ha ha [D] ha!
[G] [G#]
[G#m] [G]
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Shall we?
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] Okay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Start it again.
_ _ _ Start it again. _
[E] _ _ [D] Sorry.
_ _ [A#] Ha ha ha ha [D] ha!
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Back in the southern [E] Virginia
_ _ [D#] _
[D] There lived a legend [G] of a man _ _
Who took the erotic [E] cold whiskey
_ [D#] And _ bought [D] this land
_ _ [C]
His name was Claude Jones
Made enough bucks getting bold
[D#]
When he had a hair trick or [Am] something
It could [D] change quick as the [G] weather
Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
_ _ [D#]
Don't [D] leave your family [G] alone
When you're born a free born man
A pod full of a sound
You take that money and wait as you can
_ _ [Gm]
Wake up!
Get a big gold
[G] Drink up!
Put in the [C] show
Boy, they pay you in the [D] stands
_ _ [C]
You'll be standing, singing in the stumps
_ [F] _
Another [Dm] bootlegger, lives are welling done
So [A#] think about your family
When you're getting old
_ [D#]
Maybe be one of the [D] greatest names you'll walk upon
[G] Claude Jones, [B] Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
So [D#]
that [D] you may live [G] on That's right. _ _
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When _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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you're born a free born man
A pod full of a [C] sound
You [D] take that money and wait [G] as you can _
Wake up!
Get a big gold
Drink up!
Put in the [Cm] show
Boy, they pay you in [D] the stands
_ _ _ [C] _
You'll be standing, singing in the stumps
[F]
Another bootlegger, lives are welling done
[A#] So think about your family
[Fm] When you're getting old
[D#]
Maybe be one of the [D] greatest names you'll walk upon
[G] Claude Jones, Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
_ _ [D#]
So [D] that you may [G] live on _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Me and the boys, my good gal [F#] too
[B] We're drinking whiskey tonight
Go _ get your buddies, them gals you [F#] said you knew
We're drinking whiskey [E] tonight
We _ got the pickin' for [A] your party of boo
_ [C#] It's time for something we can use
_ _ [A] Where can we live, [Gm] if not this [F#] night?
[E] We're drinking whiskey [A] tonight
_ _ [C#m] He likes it burnt, with a little bit of water
[C#] And she likes it, [F#m] with a little bit of toast
He likes it, we like it, we all drink together
Come on and [A] pass it [E] around
_ [A] You can get anything that you want
Just _ [D] come and get it while you're getting [Dm] good company
_ [A] Girl on [G#] my left, [G] girl on [F#] my right
We're drinking [A] whiskey tonight That's [E] right
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] He likes it bourbon, with a little bit of water
[C#] Yes, he likes [F#m] it, with a little bit of toast
_ He likes it, we like it, we all drink [C#] together
Come on and pass it [E] around
_ [A] You can get anything that you [C#] want
Just _ [D] _ come and get it while you're getting [Dm] good company
_ [A] Girl on my [G] left, girl [F#] on my right
We're drinking [A] whiskey tonight
[F#] I say, [B] we're [E] drinking whiskey [A]
tonight
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ A little rough in the middle, but oh well _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Sir
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] Okay. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Start it again.
_ _ _ Start it again. _
[E] _ _ [D] Sorry.
_ _ [A#] Ha ha ha ha [D] ha!
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Back in the southern [E] Virginia
_ _ [D#] _
[D] There lived a legend [G] of a man _ _
Who took the erotic [E] cold whiskey
_ [D#] And _ bought [D] this land
_ _ [C]
His name was Claude Jones
Made enough bucks getting bold
[D#]
When he had a hair trick or [Am] something
It could [D] change quick as the [G] weather
Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
_ _ [D#]
Don't [D] leave your family [G] alone
When you're born a free born man
A pod full of a sound
You take that money and wait as you can
_ _ [Gm]
Wake up!
Get a big gold
[G] Drink up!
Put in the [C] show
Boy, they pay you in the [D] stands
_ _ [C]
You'll be standing, singing in the stumps
_ [F] _
Another [Dm] bootlegger, lives are welling done
So [A#] think about your family
When you're getting old
_ [D#]
Maybe be one of the [D] greatest names you'll walk upon
[G] Claude Jones, [B] Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
So [D#]
that [D] you may live [G] on That's right. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ [G#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
When _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
you're born a free born man
A pod full of a [C] sound
You [D] take that money and wait [G] as you can _
Wake up!
Get a big gold
Drink up!
Put in the [Cm] show
Boy, they pay you in [D] the stands
_ _ _ [C] _
You'll be standing, singing in the stumps
[F]
Another bootlegger, lives are welling done
[A#] So think about your family
[Fm] When you're getting old
[D#]
Maybe be one of the [D] greatest names you'll walk upon
[G] Claude Jones, Claude Jones, [E] Claude Jones
_ _ [D#]
So [D] that you may [G] live on _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Me and the boys, my good gal [F#] too
[B] We're drinking whiskey tonight
Go _ get your buddies, them gals you [F#] said you knew
We're drinking whiskey [E] tonight
We _ got the pickin' for [A] your party of boo
_ [C#] It's time for something we can use
_ _ [A] Where can we live, [Gm] if not this [F#] night?
[E] We're drinking whiskey [A] tonight
_ _ [C#m] He likes it burnt, with a little bit of water
[C#] And she likes it, [F#m] with a little bit of toast
He likes it, we like it, we all drink together
Come on and [A] pass it [E] around
_ [A] You can get anything that you want
Just _ [D] come and get it while you're getting [Dm] good company
_ [A] Girl on [G#] my left, [G] girl on [F#] my right
We're drinking [A] whiskey tonight That's [E] right
_ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] He likes it bourbon, with a little bit of water
[C#] Yes, he likes [F#m] it, with a little bit of toast
_ He likes it, we like it, we all drink [C#] together
Come on and pass it [E] around
_ [A] You can get anything that you [C#] want
Just _ [D] _ come and get it while you're getting [Dm] good company
_ [A] Girl on my [G] left, girl [F#] on my right
We're drinking [A] whiskey tonight
[F#] I say, [B] we're [E] drinking whiskey [A]
tonight
[F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ A little rough in the middle, but oh well _ _ _ _
_ [F#] Sir
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _