Off of The Dirty South Play the Chords as Power/Barr Chords, not open. Intro: 0------0---| 0------0---| 0------0---| 2----022---| 2---2--2---| 0------0---|

My ^DminDaddy played poker in the woods they say, ^Fmajback in his younger days ^GmajProhibition was the talk, but the rich folks walked to the ^Dminwoods where my Daddy stayed ----- ----- ----- ----- -5/7~ 7---- ^DminJugs and jars from shiners, these old ^Fmajboys here, they ain't miners They ^Gmajcame from the twenty-niners It didn't take a ^Dminhole in the ground to put the bottom in their face

*Riff*: ---------------------------------- -----------------| 3/5-50-3/5-50-3/5-50-3/5-5-0-5-3-0 3/5-0-3/5-0-3/5~-| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ----------------------------------repeat twice more, then:-----------------| You can hit the high E string (or D in this song's case) whenever you'd like during that to add a fuller and less repetetive sound. Verse:

^DminBack in the thirties when the dust bowl dried And the ^Fmajwoods in Alabama didn't see no light My Daddy ^Gmajplayed poker by a hard wood fire ^DminSqueezing all his luck from a hot copper wire ----------| ----------| ----------| -2-2-2/3--| 2-2-2---2-| ----------| ^DminScrap like a wildcat fights till the end ^FmajTrap a wildcat and take his skin ^GmajDeal from the bottom, put the ace in the hole ^DminOne hand on the jug but you never do know

Solo 1: Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj ---------------------------------------------5/7-7-7----5/7-5---------| 5/7----7\5-3/7--7/10--10-8\7\5-5-7-8-7\5\3-------------------7/8\7~~~-| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus:

^CmajSon come running ^Gmaj You better come quick ^Gmaj ^Amaj ^BbmajThis rotgut moonshine is m^Fmajaking me sick Your^Cmaj Mama called the law and they're gonna ^Gmajtake me away ^Gmaj ^Amaj ^BbmajDown so far even the ^FmajDevil won't stay

Verse: Where I call to the Lord with all my soul I can hear him rattling the chains on the door He couldn't get in I could see he tried Through the shadows of the cage around the forty watt light *Riff*: (There's a variation at the end, just play a D for a little while longer) ---------------------------------- -----------------| 3/5-50-3/5-50-3/5-50-3/5-5-0-5-3-0 3/5-0-3/5-0-3/5~-| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ---------------------------------- -----------------| ----------------------------------repeat twice more, then:-----------------| Chorus: Daddy tell me another story Tell me about the lows and the highs Tell me how to tell the difference between what they tell me is the truth or a lie Tell me why the ones who have so much make the ones who don't go mad With the same skin stretched over their white bones and the same jug in their hand Verse: My Daddy played poker on a stump in the woods back when the world was gray Before black and white went and chose up sides and gave a little bit of both their way Solo 2: (played in the middle of this verse) ---------------------------10~--------| 0-3/5-3-5-8-10-8-10--/12~------10\8\5-| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| The only blood that's any cleaner is the blood that's blue or greener Without either you just get meaner and the blood you gave gives you away Back to Solo 1: Cmaj Gmaj Bbmaj Fmaj ---------------------------------------------5/7-7-7----5/7-5---------| 5/7----7\5-3/7--7/10--10-8\7\5-5-7-8-7\5\3-------------------7/8\7~~~-| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus:

Drive-By Truckers - Where the devil dont stay