ASSEMBLY OF DUST
Bootlegger’s Advice
Written by Reid Genauer
From the album Recollection
Lyrics
I make my money selling speakeasy gin, defying logic and law.
Every time the blind pig comes to take his cut,
he wears a sickly look on his jaw.
I know I’ve got a tarnished reputation,
but man I can sure think on my toes.
I know it’s not the finest station in life,
but sometimes that’s how it goes.
I am a man of low consequence,
I rarely recognize my fill.
But when I do I go to Pontchartrain
and spend a little time with my still.
That’s how it goes, everybody tells me so.
That’s how it goes, you know that everybody tells me so.
I am not one to evangelize
or to straighten crooked dice,
but take it from your uncle, call it bootlegger’s advice—
vices are the spices of my life, that’s right.
Chords
Source: Bootlegger_s-Advice_C.pdf (key A, groove chart).[file:321]
[Intro] (B3 / Wurli Wah)
| A | A | A | A |
| A | A | A | A |
[Verse]
| A | A |
I make my money selling speakeasy gin,
| A B | E |
defying logic and law.
| A | A |
Every time the blind pig comes to take his cut,
| A B | E |
he wears a sickly look on his jaw.
| A C# | D D# |
I know I’ve got a tarnished reputation,
| E | A |
but man I can sure think on my toes.
| A | A |
I know it’s not the finest station in life,
| A B | E |
but sometimes that’s how it goes.
[Chorus]
| D A | F#m B |
I am a man of low consequence,
| D E | A |
I rarely recognize my fill.
| D A | F#m B |
But when I do I go to Pontchartrain
| D E | A A |
and spend a little time with my still.
(repeat Verse / Chorus form as needed)
[Bridge]
| G | |
That’s how it goes, everybody tells me so.
| F#m | |
That’s how it goes, you know that everybody tells me so.
| D E | A |
(I am not one to evangelize…)
| G | |
Or to straighten crooked dice,
| F#m | |
but take it from your uncle, call it bootlegger’s advice—
| D E | A |
vices are the spices of my life, that’s right.
[Solo]
(Verse / Chorus form transposed to B as per chart if desired)
[Outro]
| D E | A B | x4
End on A.