Tom Paxton – Bottle Of Wine (Guitar)

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[Intro] | C | C | C | G C | [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 | [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 | [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 | [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 | | C | C | C | G7 C [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