[Verse]
Bm D
I wiped away the tears like they was flies on the melon
A G
As she fell into my arms I's buying what she was selling
Bm D
The furrows deep and newly plowed
A G
There's mercy in the seed put down
Bm D
Washed in the blood of the things we kill
A G
Be it time, or man, or that big coal hill
Bm D
Go tend the youngins, go jack your jaw
A G
No sorrow here, no not none at all
[Chorus]
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
[Verse]
Bm D
Unto my wife I'll shape the clay
A G
Her golden flesh like hickory splayed
Bm D
The country blue in disposition
A G
She's tall and green and manifesting
Bm D
What will I leave in my wake,
A G
The ravings of an idle hound?
Bm D
What will I leave in my wake,
A G
A thread that binds the lost to found?
[Chorus]
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
[Verse]
Bm D
Learn our boys the gospel sound
A G
The brimstone dance, the earth befouled
Bm D
Beneath these old sour quilts
A G
Is a mess of marriage sweat
Bm D
You've got to be willing to play the long game
A G
You can't tuck tail and dive out of the frame
[Chorus]
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner
D G D G
Holler Rose the pious moonshiner