Bottle of wine    (video)    (midi)

 

  C                                               

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,

                                             - G        C

when you gonna let me get          sober ?

                                                           

Let me alone, let me go home,

                                        - G      C

let me go back and start         over !

 

                     C              G             F           C

1. Well, I've rambled around this dirty old town

                       G                C

    singing for nickels and dimes,

                            G          F               C

    times getting' rough, I can't get enough

                                 G           C

    to buy me a little bottle of wine.

 

+ CHORUS

 

              C        G    F               C

2. Well, little hotel, older than hell,

                        G               C

    cold as the dark in the mine,

                  G       F         C

    light so dim, I had to grin,

                        G           C

    I got a little bottle of wine.

 

+ CHORUS

 

        C  ~          F                   C                    Bb               F

3. Well,   the preacher will preach and the teacher will teach,

                           C             F

    the miner will dig in the mine,

                    C       Bb             F

    I ride the rods, trusting in God,

                        C           F

    huggin' my bottle of wine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  F                                              

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,

                                             - C        F

when you gonna let me get          sober ?

                                                          

Let me alone, let me go home,

                                        - C      F

let me go back and start         over !

 

              F                 C            Bb              F

4. Well, pain in my head and bugs in my bed,

                    C                   F

    pants so old that they shine,

                          C                   Bb          F

    out on the street, I tell the people I meet

                                 C           F

    to buy me a little bottle of wine.

 

+ CHORUS

 

          F

    + Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,

                                                    - C      F

       when you gonna let me get       sober.

 

    (The Kingston Trio)