Chord Moonshiner by Cat Power

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - moonshiner by cat power - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chan’s take on the classic folk song , from ’moon pix’ 1998 . again , as with A great many of her songs , just two chords arpeggiated picked . not going to bother tabbing this , but if you play around with the chords , you should be able to figure out the picking pattern note that she plays some of the open strings as well . i figured out how to play this by ear in about 2 minutes , which , coming from me , means it’s fairly simple . i believe she bends the B string while picking a minor before alternating to the E minor chord . tuning : standard Am Em i’ve been a moonshiner Am Em for seventeen long years Am Em i spend all my money on whiskey and beer Am Em i go to some hollow Am Em and set up my holy , holy still Am Em if drinking do not kill me Am Em then i don’t know what will Am Em i go to some bar room Am Em and drink with my friends Am Em see if women and men would come to follow Am Em to see what i might spend Am Em god bless them handsome men Am Em i wish they was mine Am Em their breath is as sweet as Am Em the dew on the holy , holy vine Am you’re already in hell Em you’re already in hell Am Em i wish we could go to hell Am Em when the bottle gets empty , Am Em then life ain’t worth the drown