Moonshiner by Uncle Tupelo Transcribed by John Erlinger (tardis@tetranet.net) Traditional, arranged by Farrar/Tweedy (Warner-Tamerlane Pub./Feedhorn Songs ) >From the Rockville Records album "March 16-20 1992" (ROCK6090-2) This is my favorite song by one of my favorite bands. There are two guitars in the song and two ways to play it:
Play a harmonica in the key of "C" and strum along with the chords throwing in plenty of suspended chords: Am/G F/G C/G G/B G/C G/D |--3------3------3----------------------3------3-------3----3--------| |--1------1------1----------------------1------0-----0-1--1/3--------| |--2------2------0----p--0---p--0---p---0------0-------0----0--------| |--2------3------2---0-2----0-2----0-2--2------0-------0----0--------| |--0------X------3----------------------3------2-------2----2--------| |--0------X------X----------------------X------3-------3----3--------| Am/G F/G C/G I am a moo.... G/B G/C G/D For seventeen ... Am/G F/G C/G And I spent ... G/B G/C G/D On whiskey .... F G/B C/G F |--1----3-------------------------3---------1--1--0------------------| |--1----0---0--1--3--5--3--1--0---1----p----1--------3--1--3--1--0---| |--2----0-------------------------0---0-2---2------------------------| |--3----0-------------------------2---------3------------------------| |--3----2-------------------------3---------3------------------------| |--1----3-------------------------X---------1------------------------| F G/B And I go to ... C/G F And set up .... Here's the version I like to play: (capo 5th fret) Em/D C/D G/D D A---X-----X-----X---------X-----2---------2---------2-------------| E---3-----3-----3----p----3-----3----p----3----p----3-------------| C---0-----0-----0---0-2---0-----2---0-2---2---0-2---2-------------| G---2-----2-----0---------0-----0---------0---------0-------------| D---2-----3-----2---------2-----0---------0---------0-------------| A---0-----0-----3---------3-----X---------X---------X-------------| Em/D C/D G/D I am a moo.... D For seventeen ... Em/D C/D G/D And I spent ... D On whiskey ... C D And I go to so... G C And set up ... If whiskey don't .... There's a incredible live version of "Moonshiner" by the Tupes on "Live From The Mountain Stage Vol. 7" on Blue Plate Records. More Uncle Tupelo stuff including transcriptions: http://www.webcom.com/~gumbo/uncle-tupelo.html