{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1012753,"song":"Lilac Wine","artist":"Jeff Buckley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1012753-lilac-wine-chords-by-jeff-buckley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1012753?type=chord","rating":4.74775,"votes":44,"content":"Lilac Wine\r\n\r\n(written by J. Shelton)\r\n\r\nLILAC WINE -- Chord Chart and Tab\r\n[Originally posted by Michael Harris, May 20 1996]\r\n\r\n** \"LILAC WINE\" CHORD CHART **\r\n\r\nThis is my user-friendly chord map to \"LW\".  It is not too far from John\r\nPollock's earlier tab of this, but there are some variations,\r\nparticularly\r\n\r\nthe diminished chord and the [ch]D7[/ch] instead of [ch]D[/ch].\r\n\r\nVerse \r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI lost myself on a cool damp night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nGave myself in that misty light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWas hypnotized by a strange delight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nUnder a lilac tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI made wine from the lilac tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nPut my heart in its recipe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch](*)\r\nIt makes me see what I want to see...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd be what I want to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gdim[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I think more than I want to think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nDo things I never should do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gdim[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI drink much more than I ought to drink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBecause I brings me back you...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLilac wine,       I feel unsteady, like my love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nListen to me... I cannot see clearly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                          [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIsn't that she coming to me nearly here?[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd repeat as necessary.\r\nThe final progression is just:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n  Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Cm[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel unready       for my love...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Notes]\r\n>The C minor chord marked with the * is actually a bit more involved\r\n(complicated?) if you look at the tab, as it has an A in the bass.  This\r\nactually makes it, I think, an \"A minor 7 diminished 5\", but don't quote me!!\r\n>Diagrams for the G diminished chord and the Am7dim5 are below:\r\nalternatively see the tab.\r\n>To get the \"muted jazzy feel\" John Pollock referred to in his post,\r\nwithout being confined to barre chords (which are difficult and also are\r\nnot what I have tabbed out below for the most part), I suggest using the\r\nthumb and fingers of the right (picking) hand rather than a plectrum, to\r\n\"stroke\" the strings.\r\n\r\nChords\r\n\r\n[tab]     G diminished                    Am7dim5 I think\r\ne|  |---|---|-4-|---|              |---|---|---|---|\r\nB|  |---|-2-|---|---|              |---|-1-|---|---|\r\nG|  |---|---|-3-|---|              |---|---|-4-|---|\r\nD|  |---|-1-|---|---|              |---|---|-3-|---|\r\nA|  |---|---|---|---|              |(1)|---|---|---|\r\nE|  |---|---|---|---|              |---|---|-2-|---|\r\n     2   3   4    5                 3   4   5    6[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                 [to make this a Cminor, just play the (1)\r\n                                  on\r\n                                  the 5th string rather than the 2 on the\r\n                                  6th, OK]\r\n\r\n** \"LILAC WINE\" COMPLETE TAB **\r\nThis is actually fairly easy and quite fun to play.  As best I can\r\nfigure\r\nit, this is what I think is actually played on the \"Grace\" album.  At\r\nleast, it's pretty darn close...\r\n\r\nStandard tuning!!  (What a shock!)  I'm just going to tab out the\r\nindividual chords, not the rhythm or anything.  Y'all can figure that out\r\nyourselves. (If you are training your ear, a good exercise is to figure\r\nout which chord below goes where in the song.)\r\n\r\n[tab] *[Introduction]\r\ne|--3----------------------------------------|\r\nB|--3---4---3---4---3---3---4---4---3---3----|\r\nG|--3---0---5---5---5---3---0---5---5---3----|\r\nD|--5---5---4---5---4---5---5---5---4---5----|\r\nA|--5---6---5---3---5---5---6---X---5---5----|\r\nE|------------------------------5------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---4---------------4--------------------|\r\nB|---3---5---4---3---3---5---4------------|\r\nG|---4---5---5---3---4---5---5------------|\r\nD|---3---5---5---5---3---5---5---5---4----|\r\nA|-------3---3---5-------3---3---5---5----|\r\nE|----------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n*\"Lilac wine...\" bit\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---3---3---0---2---3---3---0---1---3---0----|\r\nB|---0---0---1---1---0---0---1---3---0---1----|\r\nG|---0---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0----|\r\nD|---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0---2----|\r\nA|---2---2---3-------2---2---3-------2---3----|\r\nE|---3---1---X---X---3---1---X-------3--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---1---3---0-----------------------|\r\nB|---3---0---1---8---3---5---3-------|\r\nG|---2---0---0---8---5---5---5-------|\r\nD|---0---0---2---8---4---5---4-------|\r\nA|-------2---3---6---5---7---5-------|\r\nE|-------3---------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow, I'll leave the final progression up to you since it's just a\r\nvariation on the above, and the chord chart I provided gives the\r\nessential\r\ninformation.\r\nThe one variation through the song that might be worth noting is that on\r\nthe second run through, when we get to \"sweet and heady\", halfway\r\nthrough\r\nthe D7 bit, Jeff adds a suspension which should be pretty apparent when\r\nyou hear it (I'm providing the \"rhythm\" in the tab below):\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----2--2--3--3---|\r\nB|-----1--1--1--1---|\r\nG|-----2--2--2--2---|\r\nD|-----0--0--0--0---|\r\nA|------------------|\r\nE|------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nHappy playing.","plain_text":"Lilac Wine\n\n(written by J. Shelton)\n\nLILAC WINE -- Chord Chart and Tab\n[Originally posted by Michael Harris, May 20 1996]\n\n** \"LILAC WINE\" CHORD CHART **\n\nThis is my user-friendly chord map to \"LW\".  It is not too far from John\nPollock's earlier tab of this, but there are some variations,\nparticularly\n\nthe diminished chord and the D7 instead of D.\n\nVerse \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] G      G7\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd repeat as necessary.\nThe final progression is just:\n\n\n\n\n\n[Notes]\n>The C minor chord marked with the * is actually a bit more involved\n(complicated?) if you look at the tab, as it has an A in the bass.  This\nactually makes it, I think, an \"A minor 7 diminished 5\", but don't quote me!!\n>Diagrams for the G diminished chord and the Am7dim5 are below:\nalternatively see the tab.\n>To get the \"muted jazzy feel\" John Pollock referred to in his post,\nwithout being confined to barre chords (which are difficult and also are\nnot what I have tabbed out below for the most part), I suggest using the\nthumb and fingers of the right (picking) hand rather than a plectrum, to\n\"stroke\" the strings.\n\nChords\n\n\n\n                                 [to make this a Cminor, just play the (1)\n                                  on\n                                  the 5th string rather than the 2 on the\n                                  6th, OK]\n\n** \"LILAC WINE\" COMPLETE TAB **\nThis is actually fairly easy and quite fun to play.  As best I can\nfigure\nit, this is what I think is actually played on the \"Grace\" album.  At\nleast, it's pretty darn close...\n\nStandard tuning!!  (What a shock!)  I'm just going to tab out the\nindividual chords, not the rhythm or anything.  Y'all can figure that out\nyourselves. (If you are training your ear, a good exercise is to figure\nout which chord below goes where in the song.)\n\n\n\n\n\n*\"Lilac wine...\" bit\n\n\n\n\n\nNow, I'll leave the final progression up to you since it's just a\nvariation on the above, and the chord chart I provided gives the\nessential\ninformation.\nThe one variation through the song that might be worth noting is that on\nthe second run through, when we get to \"sweet and heady\", halfway\nthrough\nthe D7 bit, Jeff adds a suspension which should be pretty apparent when\nyou hear it (I'm providing the \"rhythm\" in the tab below):\n\n\n\nHappy playing.","chords":["D7","D","Gm","Eb","Cm","Gdim","C","G","G7","Dm","Am7","A","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}