intermediate
Tear My Stillhouse Down
Jam Along
Chord Chart
A
D
D
G
G
D
D
A
A
D
D
G
G
D
A
D
D
B
G
G
G
G
D
D
D
D
G
G
G
G
D
D
A
D
D
Chords used:
A
D
G
Lyrics
Put no stone at my head, no flowers on my tomb
No gold plated sign In a marble pillared room
The one thing that I want when they lay me in the ground
When I die tear my still house down
Oh tear my still house down let it go to rust
Don't leave no trace of the hiding place
Where I made that evil stuff
For all my time and money no profit did I see
That old copper kettle was the death of me
When I was a child way back in the hills
I laughed at the men who tended those stills
But that old mountain shine it caught me somehow
When I die tear my still house down
Oh tell all your children that hell ain't no dream
'Cause Satan he lives In my whiskey machine
And in my time of dying I know where I'm bound
When I die tear my still house downAbout This Song
Tear My Stillhouse Down is a traditional Appalachian number that's been covered by numerous bluegrass artists over the years. The song tells the story of a moonshiner's demise, a common theme in old-time and bluegrass music that reflects the region's colorful history with backwoods distilling.
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