Cream – Sweet Wine (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Cream
(From the 1966 Album FRESH CREAM)
Words and Music by Ginger Baker & Janet Godfrey
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jack Bruce - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
W E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E
G|----------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|----------|--------------|--------------|--------1------|
A|----------|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3-----3-1-|
E|----------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
W E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E
G|----------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|----------|--------------|--------------|-----3--1-------|
A|-3--------|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---------3-1--|
E|----------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
[1st Verse]
W E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E
G|----------||--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|----------||--------------|--------------|--------1-------|
A|-3--------||-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3-----3-1--|
E|----------||--------------|--------------|----------------|
W E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E
G|----------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
D|----------|--------------|--------------|-----3--1-------|
A|-3--------|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---------3-1--|
E|----------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
[Chorus]
W W +W W +W
G|----------||----------|------------|----------|--------|
D|----------||----------|------------|----------|--------|
A|-3--------||-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
E|----------||----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W H. Q +W
G|----------|------------|------------|--------||
D|----------|------------|------------|--------||
A|----------|------------|-3-------3--|-(3)----||
E|-3--------|-(3)--------|------------|--------||
[2nd Verse]
E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E W
G|--------------|--------------|---------------|------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------1------|------|
A|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3-----3-1-|-3----|
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------|
E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q E E Q. E +E E E E
G|--------------|--------------|---------------|-------------------||
D|--------------|--------------|-----3--1------|-------------------||
A|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|-3---------3-1-|-3------------1-2--||
E|--------------|--------------|---------------|------3-(3)-3------||
[Guitar Solo]
Q E S S E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E
G||---------------3-4-5-|------------3-4-5-|------------3-4-5-|
D||o--------5-5-5-------|--------5-5-------|--------5-5-------|
A||o-3--3---------------|-3--3-------------|-3--3-------------|
E||---------------------|------------------|------------------|
1. 2.
Q E E E E S S E Q E E E E S S E Q E E S S E S S E
G|------------3-4-5--||--------5-5-5-3---|--------5-5---5-3---|
D|--------5-5-------o||----------------5-|------------------5-|
A|-3--3-------------o||-3--3-------------|-3--3---------------|
E|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
Q E E S S E S S E Q E E S S E S S E Q. E +Q E E
G|--------5-5---5-3---|--------5-5---5-3---|-----------------|
D|------------------5-|------------------5-|-----------------|
A|-3--3---------------|-3--3---------------|-3-----------1-2-|
E|--------------------|--------------------|------3-(3)------|
Q E. S E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q. E +E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------|--------5-5-3-2-|-------5-5-3-2-|------5-(5)-5-3-2--|
A|-3-----3-------1-|-3-3------------|-3--3----------|-3-----------------|
E|---------3-3-----|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E S S E E Q. E E S S S S
G|----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
D|--------5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|--------5-5-3-2---|--------5-5-3-2-----|
A|-3---3----------|---------------5-|-3---3----------3-|-3--------------3-1-|
E|----------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
Q. E +E E E E H E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------|--------3---3-5-|------3---3---5--|
D|------5-(5)-5-3-2-|------5-5-3-2-|------5---5-----|--------5---5----|
A|-3----------------|-3------------|-3--------------|-3---------------|
E|------------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------|
Q E S S E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|------3-3---3---5-|--------3---3-5-|---------3---3-5-|---------3---3-5-|
D|----------5---5---|------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|
A|-3----------------|-3--------------|-3-3-3-----------|-3-3-3-----------|
E|------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
G|---------3---3-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-------5---5-----|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---3-3-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
S S E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-------------3-5-|-------------3-5--|
D|---------------------5-|---------5-5-----|---------5-5------|
A|-----------------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3----------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
G|-5-5-5-5-----3-5-|---5---5-------3-5-|---5---5-------3-5-|
D|---------5-5-----|-----------5-5-----|-----------5-5-----|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---------|-3---3---3---------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E W +W
G|-------------3-5-|------------3-5-|----------|--------|
D|---------5-5-----|--------5-5-----|----------|--------|
A|-3-3-3-3---------|-3----3---------|-3--------|-(3)----|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
[Chorus]
W W W +W
G|----------|----------||----------|--------|
D|----------|----------||----------|--------|
A|----------|----------||-3--------|-(3)----|
E|----------|----------||----------|--------|
W +W W +W
G|----------|------------|----------|--------|
D|----------|------------|----------|--------|
A|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|--------|
E|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
[3rd Verse]
H. Q +H E E E E E E H E E E E H E E
G|------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
D|------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
A|-3-------3--|-(3)--------1-2-||-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1--|
E|------------|----------3-----||--------------|---------------|
E E Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H E E
G|---------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------1------|------5---5-5-2-|--------------|---------------|
A|-3---3-----3-1-|-3--------------|-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1--|
E|---------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
[Outro]
E E Q Q E E Q. E +E E S S E E E H E E E E H E E
G|---------------|------5-(5)-5-5-3---||--------------|--------------|
D|-----3--1------|------------------5-||--------------|--------------|
A|-3---------3-1-|-3------------------||-3---3----3-1-|-3---3----3-1-|
E|---------------|--------------------||--------------|--------------|
E E Q Q E E W E E H E E
G|---------------|----------|--------------|
D|--------1------|----------|--------------|
A|-3---3-----3-1-|-3--------|-3---3----3-1-|
E|---------------|----------|--------------|
H.=H
E E H E E E E Q Q E E W +W
G|--------------|---------------|----------|--------*|
D|--------------|-----3--1------|----------|--------*|
A|-3---3----3-1-|-3---------3-1-|-3--------|-(3)----*|
E|--------------|---------------|----------|--------*|[Lyrics]
Ba, ba, ba [etc]
Who wants the worry, the hurry of city life.
Money, nothing funny, wasting the best of our life.
Sweet wine, hay making, sunshine day breaking.
We can wait till tomorrow.
Car speed, road calling, bird freed, leaf falling.
We can bide time.
Ba, ba, ba [etc]
Who wants the worry, the hurry of city life.
Money, nothing funny, wasting the best of our life.
Sweet wine, hay making, sunshine day breaking.
We can wait till tomorrow.
Car speed, road calling, bird freed, leaf falling.
We can bide time.
Ba, ba, ba [etc]
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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