Tyler Childers – Shoot Low Sheriff (Guitar)

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As recorded by Tyler Childers (From the 2022 Album SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING NEW: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN ANDERSON) [Intro] D [Chorus]
N.C.            G
Well you better shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

      D
Got a big load of booze that they'll soon be a-haulin'

        G
They're running every night when the whipporwill is callin'

   D                             A        D
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'
[Verse 1]
D
Old Uncle Bill's got a still on a hill

         A                  D
He never worked a day and I guess he never will

D
He runs shine liquor that he sells it to Paw

            A                      D
It made Maw mad and she called the law
[Chorus]
                G
Well you better shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

      D
Got a big load of booze that they'll soon be a-haulin'

        G
They're running every night when the whipporwill is callin'

   D                             A        D
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'
[Verse 2]
D
Well, Maw put the sheriff on Uncle Bill's trail

           A                   D
She said, "Catch that sock and throw him in jail

D
He run out and left his wife as the little kids squallin'

             A                            D
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'"
[Chorus]
                 G
Yeah, you better shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

      D
Got a big load of booze that they'll soon be a-haulin'

        G
They're running every night when the whipporwill is callin'

   D                             A        D
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'
[Verse 3]
      E
Uncle Bill held the bottle 'tween his finger and thumb

           B            E
He said if I leave any, you can have some

E
Make him reach into his pocket for his last thin dime

                         B              E
And wear summer britches in the cold winter time
[Out-Chorus]
                 A
Yeah, you better shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

      E
Got a big load of booze that they'll soon be a-haulin'

        A
They're running every night when the whipporwill is callin'

   E                             B        E
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

           A
You better shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

      E
Got a big load of booze that they'll soon be a-haulin'

        A
They're running every night when the whipporwill is callin'

   E                             B        E
So shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'

                              B        E
Shoot low sheriff 'cause they might be crawlin'