The Whiskey Or The Coal - Big Country Bluegrass Chords

Chords: G, C

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Genre: bluegrass, country, folk

Written by Greg Preece

Strumming is the standard boom-chuck alternating bass notes common in

bluegrass

[Chords]

G 3x0033

C 332010

[Mandolin Intro]

G G C G

[Verse 1]

G
Down in Appalachia, way back in those hills,

C G
You can make a livin’ in the mines, or with a moonshine still,

G
The choice it ain’t easy, brother don’t ‘ya know,

C G
Either one, can get you killed, the whiskey or the coal,

[Chorus]

G
The whiskey or the coal, which way will ‘ya go,

C G
One will break your body, the other scars your soul,

G
You can take your chances in the mine, dodging those rock falls,

C G
Or spend your time, runnin’ shine dodgin’ bullets and the law,

[Banjo Break]

G G C G (2x)

[Verse 2]

G
The mine's an honest livin, that’s what people say,

C G
If ‘ya don’t die young, ole’ black lung will take your breath away,

G
Moonshine still ain’t legal, back up in those hills,

C G
But they ran shine before the mines and they probably always will,

[Chorus]

G
The whiskey or the coal, which way will ‘ya go,

C G
One will break your body, the other scars your soul,

G
You can take your chances in the mine, dodging those rock falls,

C G
Or spend your time, runnin’ shine dodgin’ bullets and the law,

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