Rye Whiskey

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Jack O' Diamonds Jack O' Diamonds 
and I know you of old
You've robbed my poor pockets of 
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silver and gold

Whiskey you villain you've been my 
downfall
You've kicked me you've cuffed me 
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but I love you for all


It's a whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I
 cry
If I don't get rye whiskey well I 
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think I will die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]


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It's a beefsteak when I'm hungry rye
 whiskey when I'm dry
A greenback when I'm hard up it's a 
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heaven when I die

I'll go to yonder holler and I'll 
build me a still
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Give you a gallon for a five dollar
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 bill


It's a whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I
 cry
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If a tree don't fall on me I'll 
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live till I die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]


[slower tempo and less strumming]

If the ocean was whiskey and I was a
 duck
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I'd dive to the bottom and never 
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come up

[back to normal tempo]

But the ocean ain't whiskey and I 
ain't a duck
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I'll play Jack O' Diamonds just to 
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much ha ha ha


Whiskey rye whiskey whiskey I cry
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Whiskey don't kill me I'll live 
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till I die

[ooooh ahhhhh ooooh]
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[drunken yell] [hiccuping]
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[drunken yell]