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[Verse 1]
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Old Jimmy he liked whiskey, for whippin' the old TB,
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Hank Williams lived by the bottle, right to the end by gee!
  C                              F              C
I too might die from alcohol but I won't be the first,
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Country Music singers are just born with an endless thirst.


[Verse 2]
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Oh, There's one more name I'll mention, his name is Mr Hall,
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He loves his beer and bourbon, oh I'd say he's tried 'em all.
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And some I'm afraid have gone onto the other stuff that's worse.
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I'll do no harm if I bend my arm to ease my endless thirst


[Chorus]
   F                                       C
So many of our brothers, in early life did lose.
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We're either way up in the clouds or down deep in the blues.
       C                              F             C
It's a way life we're born to, so for better or for worse.
                               F            G7      C
Country music singers are just born with an endless thirst. Hey.


[Break]
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[Verse 3]

                                  F               C
When I left my home away up north many long years ago,
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Our songs were played at 4 am on country radio.
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Oh, they called us hicks and hillbillies and sometimes even worse.
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T'was enough to drive a man to drink, excuse my endless thirst.


[Verse 4]
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So from cowboy songs to country songs, it's been a long hard grind,
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We were looked upon with such disdain back in the good old times.
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And there's old G.P and few like me, wouldn't give tinkers curse.
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Oh, we've done it all our way anyway, lived with our endless thirst, hey.


[Chorus]
         F                                       C
Yeah, so many of our brothers, in early life did lose,
      F                              C                G7
We're either way up in the clouds or down deep in the blues.
             C                              F             C
Yeah, it's a way life we're born to, so for better or for worse,
                               F            G7      C
Country music singers are just born with an endless thirst.


[Verse 5]
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Those smart bandwagon hoppers wouldn't spit on the country scene.
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And we were in the doldrums, now they're bursting at the seams.
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Oh, they prance around like peacocks in city clubs and halls.
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But fancy boots and hats don't make a fine star after all.


[Verse 6]
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So, I'll just stick to my old bush songs, the ones that I enjoy.
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Oh, you'll understand my stories, I'm not makin' too much noise.
                                       F              C
And if I should die from alcohol well, I won't be the first.
                                      F            G7      C
'Cause country music singers are just born with an endless thirst. Hey.


[Chorus]
         F                                       C
Yeah, so many of our brothers, in early life did lose,
      F                              C                G7
We're either way up in the clouds or down deep in the blues.
       C                              F             C
It's a way life we're born to, so for better or for worse
                               F            G7      C
Country music singers are just born with an endless thirst.


[Outro]
                               F            G7      C
Country music singers are just born with an endless thirst,
F            G7      C
Born with an endless thirst, hey.