JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Grup band asal Amerika Serikat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, memopulerkan lagu berjudul “Poison Whiskey”.
Lagu bergenre rock tersebut dirilis pada 1973 melalui label MCA Records.
“Poison Whiskey” muncul dalam album pertama mereka yang bertajuk Pronounced ‘Leh-‘Ner’Skin-‘Nerd.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Poison Whiskey” dari Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Daddy was a cajun babe
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Raised on Southern land
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Some'uv of my kin folk tell me
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Was a street fightin' man
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Well they rush him down to see the doctor
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Hey! Doctor check his head
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The only thing that was wrong with him was Uncle Johnny's Red
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He drank ol' bootleg whiskey
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Until it killed him dead
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Happened back in the bayou baby
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Many year ago.
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Satan came to take him
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And did it real slow
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Well they rushed him down to see the doctor
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The Doctor just shook his head
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20 years of rot gut whiskey done killed this poor man dead
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He drank ol' bootleg whiskey
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And it killed him dead
(solo)
Take a tip from me people
Brother, cain't ya see
Ain't no future in no poison whiskey
They goin' to rush you down to see the Doctor
The Doctor goin' to check your head
The only thing he's goin' to tell you baby
Stop drinking Johnny Walker's Red
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Don't drink poison whiskey
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Don't you drink it boy