The Kingston Trio – Bottle Of Wine (Guitar)

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Album - Stay Awhile - #126 on BB Hot 200 on DECCA Records in 1965. INTRO: C G C CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 G  C
gonna let me get so-ber. 

C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go 

               G  C
back and start ov-er.
#1.
C                   G          F     
Well, I've rambled around this dirty old 

C                 G           C
town, singing for nickels and dimes.

C             G        F         C
Times getting rough, I can't get enough, to 

                G         C
buy me a little bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 G  C
gonna let me get so-ber. 

C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go 

               G  C
back and start ov-er.
#2.
C            G      F          C
Well, little hotel, older than hell, cold as 

    G           C
the dark in the mine.

         G      F      C
Light so dim, I had to grin, I got a little 

G         C
bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 G  C
gonna let me get so-ber. 

C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go 

               G  C
back and start ov-er.
INTERLUDE: C G C #3.
C         F             C              Bb
Well, the preacher will preach and the teacher 

     F                     C          F
will teach, the miner will dig in the mine.

           C     Bb          F
I ride the rods, trusting in God, huggin' my 

C         F
bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
F
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 C  F
gonna let me get so-ber. 

F
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go 

               C  F
back and start ov-er.
#4.
F                C     Bb         F
Well, pain in my head, bugs in my bed, pants so 

C             F
old that they shine.

           C                  Bb       F
Out on the street, I tell the people I meet, to 

                C         F
buy me a little bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
F
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 C  F
gonna let me get so-ber. 

F
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go 

               C  F
back and start ov-er.
OUTRO:
F            
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you 

                 C  F
gonna let me get so-ber?
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.