Sour Mash
by Cory Branan

Capo on 1st - all chords & notes relative to capo

    E                  A      E
The town I come from's mostly sky
    B               A       E
but even though the county's dry
     A     E        A          E
that didnt stop the stream nearby
     B           E
from giving us a daughter


E                    A       E
Born in a barrel of American oak
B             A         E
sugar, maple, charcoal, smoke
A        E       A        E
she just goes to show the folks
     B                 E
what God could do with water

(step up on E--0--2--4-)

           A            E
and when I go below the gloomy ground
    B              A      E
you better buy the room a round
A       E        A       E
let her weep and lift a glass
   B            A    E
of bittersweet sour mash

e--3p0-----0----------0--3p0------0------------------
B------3p0-0--3p0-----0------3p0--0--3p0-----0-------
G----------2------2p0-1-----------2------2p0-1-------
D-----------------------------------------------3----
A----------------------------------------------------
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Once when I was going through
the same old pain the same old blues
tired of either crying to you
or cussing up and quarreling

Yes I sipped and took it straight
took one chase to see the way
back to Tennessee to stay
Tennessee my darling

and when I go below the gloomy ground
you better buy the room a round
let her weep and lift a glass
of bittersweet sour mash

I don't want no Beaujolais
sake cider Chardonnay
keep Tequila far away
you know what I'm cravin'

Ain't champagne all fine and chill
not all rotgut shine and swill
if you ask me life's a cask
of bittersweet sour mash