Bottle Of Wine

BOTTLE OF WINE
By: Tom Paxton
Kingston Trio, The Fireballs
Key: C

Chorus:

6   -5* 6   7      6  -5*  6   5
Bot-tle of wine, fruit of the vine, 
6     6   6  6   7  6   5  -5  6
when you gon-na let me get so-ber. 
6    -5* 6   7    6 -5*  6   5
Leave me a-lone. Let me go home. 
6  -5* 6   7    6    5  -5  5
Let me go back and start o-ver.

8    8      -8   -8   -7 -7 -7   7 
Ram-blin ‘round this dirt-y old town 
6     6   6   -6   6  -5   6 7
Sing-in’ for nick-els and dimes.
8      8   8    -8   -8   -7  -7 -7   7
Times get-tin' rough. I ain't got e-nough 
7   6  6  6   6  -6   6  -5   5
to get a lit-tle bot-tle of wine.

(Chorus)

Well, little hotel, older than hell, 
cold as the dark in the mine.
Light so dim, I had to grin, 
I got me a little bottle of wine.

(Chorus)

Well, the preacher will preach 
and the teacher will teach. 
The miner will dig in the mine.
I ride the rods, trusting in God, 
huggin' my little bottle of wine.

(Chorus)

Well, pain in my head, bugs in my bed, 
pants so old that they shine.
Out on the street, I tell the people I meet 
to buy me a little bottle of wine.

(Chorus)

Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, 
when you gonna let me get sober.