[Chords]
(relative to capo placement on 5th Fret)
    [000230]
  [x30230]
       [5000xx]

[Intro]
    
[The two bars 

/  
of Dsus2 here 

have hammer-on

s and pull-off

s going from t

he 3rd fret on

 D and the 3rd

 fret on A]

[Verse 1]

Early in the m

orning when th

e sun does ris

e
       
Layin' in the 

        
bed with blood

shot eyes

Late in the ev

enin' when the

 sun sinks low
       
Well that's ab

           
out time my ro

oster crows

I got women up

 and down this

 creek
       
And they keep 

            
me going and m

y engine clean

Run me ragged 

but I don't fr

et
       
'Cause there a

              
in't been one 

   
slow me down n

one yet

[Chorus]

Get me drinkin

g' that moonsh

ine
       
Get me higher 

        
than the groce

ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
       
Throw'em in th

           
e river and ge

t your fill

We been sniffi

ng that cocain

e
       
Ain't nothin' 

           
better when th

e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
       
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r


un these roads

[Verse 2]

I got people t

ry to tell me,

 Red
       
Keep this livi

          
n' and you'll 

wind up dead

Cast your trou

bles on the Lo

rd of Lord's
       
Or wind up lay

        
ing on a cooli

n' board

But I got budd

ies up White H

ouse Road
       
And they keep 

              
me strutting w

  
hen my feet ha

ng low

Rotgut whiskey

 gonna ease my

 pain
       
And all this r

           
unning's gonna

 keep me sane

[Chorus]

Get me drinkin

g' that moonsh

ine
       
Get me higher 

        
than the groce

ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
       
Throw'em in th

           
e river and ge

t your fill

We been sniffi

ng that cocain

e
       
Ain't nothin' 

           
better when th

e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
       
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r


un these roads

[Verse 3]

When you lay m

e in the cold 

hard clay
       
Won't ya sing 

              
them hymns whi

 
le the banjo p

lays

You can tell t

hem ladies tha

t they ought n

ot frown
       
'Cause there a

              
in't been noth

   
ing ever held 

me down

Lawmen, women 

or a shallow g

rave

Same ol' blues

 just a differ

ent day

[Chorus]

Get me drinkin

g' that moonsh

ine
       
Get me higher 

        
than the groce

ry bill

Take my troubl

es to the high

wall
       
Throw'em in th

           
e river and ge

t your fill

We been sniffi

ng that cocain

e
       
Ain't nothin' 

           
better when th

e wind cuts co

ld

Lord it's a mi

ghty hard livi

n'
       
But a damn goo

             
d feelin' to r


un these roads
it's a damn good feelin' to run these roads
it's a damn good feelin' to run these roads