Old Crow Medicine Show
Bootlegger’s Boy
Standard Tuning
F# Chord:
e–2–
[B–2–]
[G–2–]
[D–4–]
[A–4–]
[E–2–]
Intro: A,E,A,E,A,E,A,E,D,A,E,A,E,A
The A-E transition is very quick so hardly one strum is required on the E chords.
I was
born and r
aised, A
bootlegger’s
boy,
In the
Cherokee
Hills, I
applied my
trade,
In
Mountain
City, I had me a
time, just
makin’
money, on
Moonshin
e.
Interlude: A,E,A,E,A…
So I
hauled my
load, into
Knoxville
town,
I
met me a
gal, and we
knocked
around,
But them
Knoxville
girls, can’t leave me
alone,
In my
suits so
fine, and my
bottle of
corn.
Chorus:
I’m going
back to Mountain
City, Where I can
make another
run,
Load my
trunk, with Moonshine
whisky, I am a
brave, Bootlegger’s
Son.
Interlude: A,E,A,E,A…
So I so
ld that co
rn, to the Ci
rcuit Ju
dge,
On the
public
square, to
Mayor
Trent,
But I
met with
trouble, on the tracks one
night,
With a
drunken
man, I
commenced to
fight.
Interlude: A,E,A,E,A…
Yeah I
fought five
rounds, then I
put him
away,
With a
wicked
jab, from a
razor
blade,
And the
women
screamed, as the bottles
broke,
On
stony
ground, where the
blood did
flow.
Chorus:
I’m going
back to Mountain
City, gonna
make those revenues
run
I killed a
man, in a feud of
whiskey, I am a
cruel, Bootlegger’s
son.
Solo: play the chords to the chorus 2x
Interlude: A,E,A,E,A…
Now I
roam the
night, just to
hide my
shame,
I lost
all my
money, can’t
find a
friend,
Gonna
drag my
bones, to the mountainsid
e,
If
corn don’t
kill me,
I might never
die.
Chorus:
I’m going
back to Mountain
City, or else they’ll
hang me this I
know,
I killed a
man, in a feud of
whiskey, I am a
cruel, Bootlegger’s
boy.
I’m going
back to Mountain
City, to the Cherokee
hills I started
from,
Going home
broke ain’t it a
pity, I am a
cruel, Bootlegger’s
son.
Outro: play the chords to chorus