Mountain Dew

Willie Nelson

Written by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Scotty Wiseman

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                          G7
Not very far from me there's an old holler tree
          C                    G
Where you lay down a dollar or two

Verse 2

Then you go round the bend and you come back again
                   D7                G
With a jug of that good ole mountain dew

Verse 3

                                        G7
They call it that ole mountain dew Lord Lord
    C                       G
And them that refuse it are few

Verse 4

I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
                   D7       G
With that good ole mountain dew
                                           G7
The preacher came by with his head held up high
         C                       G
Said his wife took down with the flu

Verse 5

And he thought that we ought just to give him a snort
                 D7       G
Of that good old mountain dew

Verse 2

Then you go round the bend and you come back again
                   D7                G
With a jug of that good ole mountain dew

Verse 6

                                      G7
My uncle Mort he's sawed off and he's short
   C                       G
He measures bout four foot two

Verse 7

But he thinks he's a giant when you give him a pint
                 D7       G
Of that good old mountain dew

Verse 2

Then you go round the bend and you come back again
                   D7                G
With a jug of that good ole mountain dew

Verse 8

I'll hush up my mug if you'll fill up my jug
                   D7       G
With that good ole mountain dew