Quiet Whiskey Chords by Wynonie Harris

_ _ Whiskey, whiskey on the shelf, _ [Ab] you were so quiet there by yourself.
_ _ Things were fine till they took you [D] down _ and [Abm] opened you up and passed [Ebm] you around.
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_ [B] John was the first [Bbm] one to pull you [Ab] down, he took one [Bm] drink and he started to clown.
Passed you to [Bb] Hazel, Jane and [Abm] Jack, _ when they got [Ab] you, they passed you right back.
[E] The doorbell rang and what did you [Ab] see?
In [Bm] walked [Bb] Henry, Fred and Marie.
[Ab] They hit you [Bb] high, they hit you [Abm] low, they hit you fast and [G] they hit you slow.
_ Whiskey _ _ on the shelf, [F] you were so quiet there by yourself.
[G] _ Things were [Fm] fine till they took [E] you down, _ [F] opened you up and passed you around.
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_ _ Killed you dead and wanted another, they reached [Bm] on the shelf [D] and grabbed your [Ab] brother.
It's a shame the way they did you in and reached up and got your brother, [G] Jen.
_ [C] _ Grandfather Wine began to tremble with [Gm] fright, [Ab] wondering if the party was going to last all [G] night.
_ [E] Grandfather Wine knew without a doubt, [Abm] he was next in line if the juice ran [G] out.
_ _ _ Whiskey on the shelf, you were [Fm] so quiet there by [Gm] yourself.
[Abm] _ [Gb] Things were fine [F] till they took [E] you down, _ [C] opened you up and passed you around.
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_ _ _ _ _ Grandfather Wine.
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_ [C] Now look at everybody, they've got real [Ab] tight, _ now they want to start a fight.
[D] _ John never did nothing wrong in his life, now he's in a corner with the policeman's wife.
Crying so drunk he can hardly see, trying to make love to Cornella B.
[Gm] _ [Ab] She [Bm] took a bottle [Bb] and hit him in [D] the jaw, that's what the neighbors [Db] call the [G] law.
[Fm] _ _ [Ebm] Whiskey on [G] the shelf, [C] you were so [G] quiet there by yourself.
[Eb] Things were fine till [F] they took you [E] down, _ opened you up and passed you around.
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