Intro 
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Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I cried. 
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If I don’t get rye whiskey well I think I may die. 
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I’m gonna go up beyond that holler, gonna build me a still 
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And I’ll sell you a gallon for a five dollar bill. 
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Well, If the oceans was whiskey and I was a duck, 
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I’d swim to the bottoms and never come up. 
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But the oceans ain’t whiskey and I ain’t no duck, 
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So I’ll play the jack o’ diamonds and trust to my luck. 
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Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Diamonds, you know you hold 
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You've robbed my poor pockets of silver and gold. 
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Well it’s beefsteak when I'm hungry, rye whiskey when I’m dry, 
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Greenbacks when I’m hard up and heaven when I die. 
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Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I cried. 
N.C. 
If I don’t get rye whiskey well I think I may die. 
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Well, my horses ain’t hungry and they don’t want your hay. 
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Fair thee well darling, and I'll be on my way. 

Here’s to it folks... 

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
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Well, I like a full bodied lager as much as the next hard workin' man, 
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The taste of suds, while dealin' stud, I can surely understand, 
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The trucker speed, and yes indeed, it's nearly gettin light, 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey 
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We’ve been drinkin’ beer all night! 

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[Verso 2]
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Smoke your grass, and fish for bass, and burn that purple gas 
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Sho' enough, it's powerfull stuff, that'll knock you on your ass 
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It's like diesel fuel, nobody's fool's gonna wanna get left behind 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey 
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We’ve been drinkin’ beer all night! 


[Refrão]
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey we’ve been drinkin’ beer all night! 
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We're all half dead and them that's left is spoilin' for a fight 
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Well, who'da thunk, we'd quit drinkin' drunk, now boys don’t spare the rye 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinking beer all night 


[Verso 3]
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I've been splittin' eights and hittin' m'straights in card rooms of the world 
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Chasing skirt and gettin' hurt, but now I got a card playin' girl 
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Man she gets a solid when the deal don't come out right 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, she's been drinking beer all night 


[Refrão]
               G                                  F                G 
Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinking beer all night 
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We're all half dead and them that's left is spoilin' for a fight 
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Well, who'da thunk, we'd get jackass drunk, now boys dont spare the rye 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinking beer all night 

Solo 
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[Verso 4]
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Well I've heard it's said that you can get some heat in Irish pubs, 
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Servin Jamesons to an Orangeman and Bushmills to his cuz 
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Well, here's what you do, with Tullamore Dew, you can meet 'em both half way 
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It's time to switch to whiskey, they've been drinkin beer all day! 


[Refrão]
               G                                 F                 G 
Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinking beer all night 
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We're all half dead and them that's left is spoilin' for a fight 
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Well, who'da thunk, we'd get drinkin' drunk, now boys dont spare the rye 
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Well, it's time to switch to whiskey, we've been drinking beer all night 
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And It’s time to switch to whiskey, we've been 
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drinkin beer all night. 

Outro 
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Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I cry.