[Intro]

  

[Chorus]


I got a whiske

y drinkin' fev

er that I cann

ot shake

And the girls 

downtown were 

more than I ca

n take

I miss those r

ocky seas and 

their sailor s

miles

And the boys i

n the back of 

the bar scream

ing loud

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Verse]


Well I smell l

ike cologne an

d cigarettes

Ain't found a 

lady or a barf

ight yet

I wait around 

just to stir s

hit up

That whiskey r

iver flowing a

in't never eno

ugh

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Verse]


Cause I'm a he

avy hittin' he

art drinking g

ood-ole boy

Ain't a man in

 this county t

hat can keep m

e in board

Can't stay sob

er past eleven

 a.m.

My breath smel

ls like my reg

rets again

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Verse]


Got a woman in

 Wisconsin and

 a woman in Ma

ine

They told me t

hey never love

d a man so ins

ane

So I head to O

klahoma with a

 flask and a c

omb

Do my best to 

find another p

lace I can roa

m

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Fiddle Solo]

[Verse]


There was no o

ne in town tha

t would give m

e a ride

So I waited fo

r my heavy dru

nken mist to s

ubside

Stole a pickup

 truck from a 

gas station pu

mp

Then I prayed 

to the lord fo

r a run of goo

d luck

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Verse]


Four hundred m

iles down High

way Ten

All the sudden

 I was arreste

d again

Told me eight 

years in the c

ounty pen

Or eight years

 in the army k

illing evil

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Verse]


Now there's sa

nd in my boots

Sand in my eye

s

Sand everywher

e that sand ca

n hide

How I miss tho

se downtown gi

rls

And that whisk

ey river, that

 ruined my wor

ld

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Chorus]


I got a whiske

y drinkin' fev

er that I cann

ot shake

And those girl

s downtown wer

e more than I 

can take

I miss the roc

ky seas and th

e sailors smil

es

And the boys i

n the back of 

the bar scream

in' loud

[Refrain]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e

[Fiddle Solo]

[Chorus]


I got a whiske

y drinkin' fev

er that I coul

dn't shake
N.C.
And those girls downtown were more than I can take
N.C.
I miss the rocky seas and the sailors smiles
N.C.
And the boys in the back of the bar screamin' loud

[Outro]

          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e
          
Oh whiskey riv

           
er take me hom

e