Loudon Wainwright III – White Winos (Ukulele)
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Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
This is an awesome song from Loudon's album "Last Man On Earth". Its got fingerpicking
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Intro C F G
C Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive F G She was desperate to live, but her limit was five C Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed Em F G Am Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red Em F G C Always stick with white wine and stay away from... C Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two F G Almost every single night after her day was through C Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio Em F G Am Just to take the edge off, just to get the glow, Em F G C You've got to take the edge off if you want to get the...
Repeat intro C F G
C Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three F G And we'd sit out on the screen porch, white winos mom and me C We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career, Em F G Am When we got to my father that was when I'd switch to beer Em F G C When we got to the old man then I'd always switch to... C Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4 F G Each empty bottle a dead soldier, the marriage was the war C When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot Em F G Am Thats when I got nervous, when the glow got hot Em F G C I always get nervous when the glow gets...
Bridge C F G
C I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two F G And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, thats something I shouldn't do C Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red Em F G Am When I'm with a woman that I want to take to bed Em F G C When I'm with a woman that I want to take to... C Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive F G She was desperate to live, but her limit was five C Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed Em F G Am Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red Em F G Always stick with white wine, and stay away from Em F G C Mother liked her white wine