Drunken Hiccups

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
A                        D               A 
Played cards in England, I've gambled in Spain 
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Goin' back to Rhode Island, Gonna' play my last game. 

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Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you from old, 
A                         E          A 
Robbed by poor pockets of silver and gold. 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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My shoes is all tore up, my toes're stickin out 
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Don't get some corn whiskey, I'm agoin' up the spout. 

A                                D                  A 
Gonna' beat on the table or I'll make the glass ring 
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More brandy, more brandy, more brandy to bring.  


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[Verso 3]
 
A                            D              A 
I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry, 
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If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die. 

A                                   D                A 
Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you from old, 
A                         E          A 
Robbed by poor pockets of silver and gold. 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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I get up in the morning I stagger I reel 
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god dang that corn whiskey and how badly feel 

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Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you from old, 
A                         E          A 
Robbed by poor pockets of silver and gold.  


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[Verso 5]
 
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If the oceans were whiskey and I were a duck 
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I'd swim to the bottom and never come up 

A                               D         A 
But the oceans aint whiskey and I aint no duck 
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I'll just play these drunken hiccups and trust to my luck 
 

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