Chords for Rye Whiskey
Tempo:
81.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Em
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [C]
[D] [G] In an old folks home just off the [D] well-beaten path, [Em] I'd [G] visit my grandma [D] and learn [G] of our past.
One day as I walked [D] down the hall [Em] I passed by [A] an old man with tears [D] in his eyes.
[G] At a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet.
[Em] I [C] straightened his pillow [D] and [G] covered his feet.
Then the old man reached out [D] softly touching [Em] my hand.
He smiled and [D] these few [G] words began.
If I don't drink [C] rye whiskey, [G] rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
[Em] I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old man [C] just lay [D] there repeating [Em] that line.
[C] If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
[Em] [D] [G] Then they told me a story that's sad [D] but it's true.
[G] Of how he knew family or friends that they knew.
In an old army jacket [D] on the [Em] outskirts of town, [A] that's how [E] the old [D] man was found.
[G] They thought him a drunkard who [D] just lost his mind.
[Em] Cause [G] all he would say were [D] these words all the [G] time.
They brought him here ten [D] years ago to [Em] this day.
Still [D] all the [G] old man would [C] say.
[G] If I don't [C] drink rye [G] whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old [C] man just [D] lay there repeating [Em] that line.
If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
[D] [C] [Em] [D]
When I [G] walked in the room grandma [D] instantly knew.
She said [G] my dear boy what's been [C] bothering you?
[D] So I told her the story of the man [Em] I just met.
[A] Grandma looked up [D] and she said.
[Gm] If I [G] don't drink rye whiskey were the words to a [D] song I sang back when I [C] was a kid.
[G] And they called of a soldier who made it [Em] through war.
[C] And [D] found out his true love was dead.
[G] If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
I knew [G] it meant something by the look in his eyes.
Now I know [C] why the old man just lay [Em] there and cried.
[C] If I don't drink rye whiskey, [D] rye [G] whiskey I'll die.
His heart was still [D] breaking after all [Em] of this time.
If I don't [G] drink rye [D] whiskey, rye whiskey [A] I'll die.
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [G] In an old folks home just off the [D] well-beaten path, [Em] I'd [G] visit my grandma [D] and learn [G] of our past.
One day as I walked [D] down the hall [Em] I passed by [A] an old man with tears [D] in his eyes.
[G] At a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet.
[Em] I [C] straightened his pillow [D] and [G] covered his feet.
Then the old man reached out [D] softly touching [Em] my hand.
He smiled and [D] these few [G] words began.
If I don't drink [C] rye whiskey, [G] rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
[Em] I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old man [C] just lay [D] there repeating [Em] that line.
[C] If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
[Em] [D] [G] Then they told me a story that's sad [D] but it's true.
[G] Of how he knew family or friends that they knew.
In an old army jacket [D] on the [Em] outskirts of town, [A] that's how [E] the old [D] man was found.
[G] They thought him a drunkard who [D] just lost his mind.
[Em] Cause [G] all he would say were [D] these words all the [G] time.
They brought him here ten [D] years ago to [Em] this day.
Still [D] all the [G] old man would [C] say.
[G] If I don't [C] drink rye [G] whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old [C] man just [D] lay there repeating [Em] that line.
If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
[D] [C] [Em] [D]
When I [G] walked in the room grandma [D] instantly knew.
She said [G] my dear boy what's been [C] bothering you?
[D] So I told her the story of the man [Em] I just met.
[A] Grandma looked up [D] and she said.
[Gm] If I [G] don't drink rye whiskey were the words to a [D] song I sang back when I [C] was a kid.
[G] And they called of a soldier who made it [Em] through war.
[C] And [D] found out his true love was dead.
[G] If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
I knew [G] it meant something by the look in his eyes.
Now I know [C] why the old man just lay [Em] there and cried.
[C] If I don't drink rye whiskey, [D] rye [G] whiskey I'll die.
His heart was still [D] breaking after all [Em] of this time.
If I don't [G] drink rye [D] whiskey, rye whiskey [A] I'll die.
[G] [D] [G]
Key:
D
G
Em
C
A
D
G
Em
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] In an old folks home just off the [D] well-beaten path, [Em] I'd [G] visit my grandma [D] and learn [G] of our past.
One day as I walked [D] down the hall [Em] I passed by [A] an old man with tears [D] in his eyes.
[G] At a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet.
[Em] I [C] straightened his pillow [D] and [G] covered his feet.
Then the old man reached out [D] softly touching [Em] my hand.
He smiled and [D] these few [G] words began.
If I don't drink [C] rye whiskey, [G] rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
[Em] I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old man [C] just lay [D] there repeating [Em] that line.
[C] If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] Then they told me a story that's sad [D] but it's true.
[G] Of how he knew family or friends that they knew.
In an old army jacket [D] on the [Em] outskirts of town, [A] that's how [E] the old [D] man was found.
[G] They thought him a drunkard who [D] just lost his mind.
[Em] Cause [G] all he would say were [D] these words all the [G] time.
They brought him here ten [D] years ago to [Em] this day.
Still [D] all the [G] old man would [C] say.
[G] If I don't [C] drink rye [G] whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old [C] man just [D] lay there repeating [Em] that line.
If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
When I [G] walked in the room grandma [D] instantly knew.
She said [G] my dear boy what's been [C] bothering you?
[D] So I told her the story of the man [Em] I just met.
[A] Grandma looked up [D] and she said.
[Gm] If I [G] don't drink rye whiskey were the words to a [D] song I sang back when I [C] was a kid.
_ [G] And they called of a soldier who made it [Em] through war.
[C] And [D] found out his true love was dead.
[G] _ If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
I knew [G] it meant something by the look in his eyes.
Now I know [C] why the old man just lay [Em] there and cried.
[C] If I don't drink rye whiskey, [D] rye [G] whiskey I'll die.
His heart was still [D] breaking after all [Em] of this time. _ _
If I don't [G] drink rye [D] whiskey, rye whiskey [A] I'll die. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] In an old folks home just off the [D] well-beaten path, [Em] I'd [G] visit my grandma [D] and learn [G] of our past.
One day as I walked [D] down the hall [Em] I passed by [A] an old man with tears [D] in his eyes.
[G] At a glance I could see he was gentle and sweet.
[Em] I [C] straightened his pillow [D] and [G] covered his feet.
Then the old man reached out [D] softly touching [Em] my hand.
He smiled and [D] these few [G] words began.
If I don't drink [C] rye whiskey, [G] rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
[Em] I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old man [C] just lay [D] there repeating [Em] that line.
[C] If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ [G] Then they told me a story that's sad [D] but it's true.
[G] Of how he knew family or friends that they knew.
In an old army jacket [D] on the [Em] outskirts of town, [A] that's how [E] the old [D] man was found.
[G] They thought him a drunkard who [D] just lost his mind.
[Em] Cause [G] all he would say were [D] these words all the [G] time.
They brought him here ten [D] years ago to [Em] this day.
Still [D] all the [G] old man would [C] say.
[G] If I don't [C] drink rye [G] whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die.
I could see it meant something [D] by the look in [G] his eyes.
The old [C] man just [D] lay there repeating [Em] that line.
If I don't [G] drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey I'll die. _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
When I [G] walked in the room grandma [D] instantly knew.
She said [G] my dear boy what's been [C] bothering you?
[D] So I told her the story of the man [Em] I just met.
[A] Grandma looked up [D] and she said.
[Gm] If I [G] don't drink rye whiskey were the words to a [D] song I sang back when I [C] was a kid.
_ [G] And they called of a soldier who made it [Em] through war.
[C] And [D] found out his true love was dead.
[G] _ If I don't drink rye whiskey, rye whiskey [D] I'll die.
I knew [G] it meant something by the look in his eyes.
Now I know [C] why the old man just lay [Em] there and cried.
[C] If I don't drink rye whiskey, [D] rye [G] whiskey I'll die.
His heart was still [D] breaking after all [Em] of this time. _ _
If I don't [G] drink rye [D] whiskey, rye whiskey [A] I'll die. _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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