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Bottle Of Wine

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[Intro]
|    C|    C|    C|  G   C|
[Chorus]
CBottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get G7sobCer
CLet me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start G7o-vCer
|    C|    C|    C|  G   C|
[Verse 1]
CRambling aG7round this Fdirty old Ctown, Csinging for G7nickels and Cdimes
CTime's getting Gtough, I Fain't got eCnough to Cbuy a little Gbottle of Cwine
[Chorus]
CBottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get G7sobCer
CLet me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start G7o-vCer
|    C|    C|    C|  G7   C|
[Verse 2]
A Clittle hoG7tel Folder than Chell, Cdark as the G7coal in a Cmine
CBlanket too tG7hin, I Flay there and Cgrin, cos I Cgot a little G7bottle of Cwine
[Chorus]
CBottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get G7sobCer
CLet me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start G7o-vCer
|    C|  G7   C|
[Verse 3] 
PCain in my G7head and Fbugs in my Cbed, Cpants are so G7old that they Cshine 
COut on the G7street, tell the Fpeople I Cmeet won't you Cbuy me a G7bottle of Cwine
[Chorus]
CBottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get G7sobCer
CLet me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start G7o-vCer
|    C|    C|    C|  G7   C|
|    C|    C|    C|  G7  C  
[Verse 4]
Well, a Cpreacher will pG7reach, a Fteacher will tCeach, a Cminer will G7dig in a Cmine
CI ride the G7rods, Ftrusting in CGod, a-Chugging my G7bottle of Cwine
[Chorus]
CBottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get G7sobCer
CLet me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start G7o-vCer
[Outro]
|    C|    C|    C|  G7  C  

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Bottle Of Wine

by Tom Paxton

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C C C G C

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[Chorus]

C G7 C

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober

C G7 C

Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver

C C C G C

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[Verse 1]

C G7 F C C G7 C

Rambling around this dirty old town, singing for nickels and dimes

C G F C C G C

Time's getting tough, I ain't got enough to buy a little bottle of wine

[Chorus]

C G7 C

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober

C G7 C

Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver

C C C G7 C

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[Verse 2]

C G7 F C C G7 C

A little hotel older than hell, dark as the coal in a mine

C G7 F C C G7 C

Blanket too thin, I lay there and grin, cos I got a little bottle of wine

[Chorus]

C G7 C

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober

C G7 C

Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver

C G7 C

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[Verse 3]

C G7 F C C G7 C

Pain in my head and bugs in my bed, pants are so old that they shine

C G7 F C C G7 C

Out on the street, tell the people I meet won't you buy me a bottle of wine

[Chorus]

C G7 C

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober

C G7 C

Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver

C C C G7 C

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C C C G7 C

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[Verse 4]

C G7 F C C G7 C

Well, a preacher will preach, a teacher will teach, a miner will dig in a mine

C G7 F C C G7 C

I ride the rods, trusting in God, a-hugging my bottle of wine

[Chorus]

C G7 C

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober

C G7 C

Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver

[Outro]

C C C G7 C

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