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Old Red Wine

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       Dxx0232
   Dsus4xx0233
Em7     020030 and 020033
Em7add9 020032
      Amx02210
       G3x0033
   Cadd9x32030
Note: patterns approximate
4/4                                       2/4 4/4
|    D     Dsus4|  Em7Em7add9 |             Am|    G|      Cadd9|             |
|---2-3-------|---3-2-------|---------------|-----|0--0-0-0---|-------------|
|---3-3-------|---3-3----0--|---1-1-1-1-1---|-----|3--3-3-3---|-----------3-|
|-2-2-2-------|---0------0--|---2-2-2-2-2---|---0-|0---0-0-0--|--0-0-------0|
|0------------|----------0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-0-0-|2----------|0h2-2-0--2---|
|-------------|-2-----------|0--------------|-----|3----------|--3-----3----|
|-------------|0------------|------------0-2|3----|-----------|-------------|
|       D   Dsus4|              Em7Em7add9  
 Old red wine,     well past its prime
|                            Am|            G      Cadd9  
    May have to finish it after crossing the line
|         D   Dsus4|               Em7Em7add9
 Dusty old wine,     two thousand a time,
|                              Am|      G      Cadd9|      C      F|
      An inch of black mud always left behind 
|              Eb                   Bb|         F  Bb  
    They say you turned it while the sun still shined
    |            Eb            Bb|       F    Gm  
That gorgeous girl with you was highly primed
|               Eb                 Bb|        F  Bb  
   She said she'd take you way down or way up
         |         Eb                Bb|        F| Gm       G|   Asus4       A|
She might break your heart, she might crack you up
Old red wine, not worth a dime,
Gonna have to drink it with yer some other time
Expensive old wine, forty years lyin',
Mice chewed the labels, don't know what we're buying
Back home in California they got wine for the meek
There's a Bowl and a Fillmore, the Cow and the Greek
You sniffed at the cork, chose low on the list
Had your back to the lights and gazed through the mist
Old red wine, well past its prime,
Gonna have to drink it with you some other time 
[outro; basic pattern; chord names implied by bass]
|               D  Dsus4/ G|                   D  Dsus4/  G|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|
|11--11--11--11--12-12---|11-11-11--11-11-11--12-------|
|12--12--12--12--12-12---|12-12-12--12-12-12--12-------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|10t-10--10--10--10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|
Just let it breathe
Oh, let it breathe
Breathe life
Breathe life
Let it breathe
Oh, let it breathe
Let it breathe

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Old Red Wine

by The Who

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus4

Cadd9

Em7

Asus4

xx0232

Dsus4

xx0233

Em7 020030 and 020033

Em7add9 020032

x02210

3x0033

Cadd9

x32030

Note: patterns approximate

4/4 2/4 4/4

D Dsus4 Em7 Am G Cadd9

|---2-3-------|---3-2-------|---------------|-----|0--0-0-0---|-------------|

|---3-3-------|---3-3----0--|---1-1-1-1-1---|-----|3--3-3-3---|-----------3-|

|-2-2-2-------|---0------0--|---2-2-2-2-2---|---0-|0---0-0-0--|--0-0-------0|

|0------------|----------0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-0-0-|2----------|0h2-2-0--2---|

|-------------|-2-----------|0--------------|-----|3----------|--3-----3----|

|-------------|0------------|------------0-2|3----|-----------|-------------|

D Dsus4 Em7

| | Em7add9

Old red wine, well past its prime

Am G Cadd9

| |

May have to finish it after crossing the line

D Dsus4 Em7

| | Em7add9

Dusty old wine, two thousand a time,

Am G Cadd9 C F

| | | |

An inch of black mud always left behind

Eb Bb F Bb

| |

They say you turned it while the sun still shined

Eb Bb F Gm

| |

That gorgeous girl with you was highly primed

Eb Bb F Bb

| |

She said she'd take you way down or way up

Eb Bb F Gm G Asus4 A

| | | | |

She might break your heart, she might crack you up

Old red wine, not worth a dime,

Gonna have to drink it with yer some other time

Expensive old wine, forty years lyin',

Mice chewed the labels, don't know what we're buying

Back home in California they got wine for the meek

There's a Bowl and a Fillmore, the Cow and the Greek

You sniffed at the cork, chose low on the list

Had your back to the lights and gazed through the mist

Old red wine, well past its prime,

Gonna have to drink it with you some other time

[outro; basic pattern; chord names implied by bass]

D Dsus4 G D Dsus4 G

| / | / |

|------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----------------10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|

|11--11--11--11--12-12---|11-11-11--11-11-11--12-------|

|12--12--12--12--12-12---|12-12-12--12-12-12--12-------|

|------------------------|-----------------------------|

|10t-10--10--10--10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|

Just let it breathe

Oh, let it breathe

Breathe life

Let it breathe

Oh, let it breathe

Let it breathe

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