The Cat Empire – The Wine Song (Ukulele)

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[So this is actually the first time I have ever posted a tab online, but that's only because I never bother even using this site because it is always wrong. However this song is rather tricky to work out, so when I learnt it, I came here to see if I was correct on a certain chord, and to my horror found someone had posted up this song to completely unaccurate chords. This offended me, so I decided to just do this and hopefully save as many as I can from learning the other version. If your playing this on piano you should be able to work out the melodic lines as Ollie plays them, and if you play guitar, good luck.] INTRO (3/4 time) | Dm | F+/C# | F/C | G/B | Bb | Dm/A | A7 | Dm |

Dm        F+/C#    F/C        G/B
Songs and melodies change and change

Bb
And sway

         Dm/A           E7/G#      A7
But they still stay the same

Dm                F+/C#         G/C       G/B
The songs that we sung when the dark days come

        Bb            Dm/A         A7          Dm
Are the songs that we sung when we chased them away

Dm        F+/C#   F/C    G/B
If I ever found a pot of gold

        Bb        Dm/A        E7/G#         A7
I'd buy bottles untold of the nectar of the vines

Dm           F+/C#      F/C           G/B
I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye

Bb Dm/A A7

    Dm
'cause I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine

Gm       Dm    A7   Dm
Tomorrow is another day

Gm           Dm     A7       Dm
The cats are out to play, to play

     Gm        Dm        A7       Dm
That old rusty spaceship wants to sail

Gm       Dm    A7  Dm
Into the milky way again

Dm Abdim A7 | /A /B

/C# |
On a river of red red wine

[For this section, its really just the four chords written, but I included the bass notes as at the start when it is slow, those are very pronounced. But its just the chords with that Jewish Hora feel by alternating between the 5ths]

Dm   Dm/A (repeat)
Run...

(let's have some)

Gm  Gm/D (repeat)
Fun...

(we'll)

Dm   Dm/A (repeat)
Drink...

(a toast to the)

A7   A7/E  (repeat)
Sun...

[Same chords as verse 1] In summer the bushfires rage and rage And rage On such beautiful days And we fight them with water that runs through the cracks Water we're desperately trying to save So I'll just live on wine and water my vines And sleep on the wind with the fires right behind And sing on the beaches and dance through the night Oh we'll cry 'pass the wine, pass the wine, pass the wine'

Gm       Dm    A7   Dm
Tomorrow is another day

Gm           Dm     A7       Dm
The cats are out to play, to play

     Gm        Dm        A7       Dm
That old rusty spaceship wants to sail

Gm       Dm    A7  Dm
Into the milky way again

Dm Abdim A7 | /A /B

/C# |
On a river of red red wine

[Again, same chords as before] Run... (let's have some) Fun... (we'll) Drink... (a toast to the) Sun... [Instrumental solo. This part is the same chords as the "run run run" section. The tricky part is the melody line, which I wont include, but if anyone actually wants it just contact me]

F         C         A7  Dm
Oh what a beautiful day today!

Gm        F      C    F
Today's a day to celebrate

F         C       A7        Dm
Grab your bucket, grab your spade

Gm            F       C         F
We're heading down to Half Moon Bay

F       C        A7     Dm
I saw a plane go into a cloud

Gm            F         C           F
I'm drunk I'm happy I'm singing and loud

F                  C         A7  Gm   A7  Bb
                            [where the leading melody is C# D E D]

Two o'clock in the arvo, but hey that's allowed... Gm F | C C/E | F

          A7 Dm
I'm having a good time and of that I am proud

[Have fun playing. An amazing song. It needs to be here.]