Bottle of Wine
Capo 1
Author: Tom Paxton
Open: C,G,F,C,F,G,C
Chorus:
C G C
Bottle of wine fruit of the vine when ya gonna let get sober
C G C
Leave me alone let me go home let me go back and start over
Verse1:
G F C G C
Rambling around this dirty old town singing for nickels and dimes
G F C G C
Times getting rough I ain't got enough to get a little bottle of wine
Chorus:
Verse 2:
G F C G C
Well little hotel older than hell cold as the dark in the mine
G F C G C
Light is so dim I had to grin I got me a little bottle of wine
Chorus:
Verse 3:
G F C G C
Pain in my head bugs in my bed pants are so old that they shine
G F C G C
Out on the street I tell people I meet buy me a bottle of wine
Chorus:
Verse 4:
G F C G C
Preacher will preach a teacher will teach a miner will dig in the mines
G F C G C
I ride the rods trusting in god hugging my bottle of wine
Chorus:
