INTRO: CGC
CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
GC
gonna let me get so-ber.
C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go
GC
back and start ov-er.
#1.
CGF
Well, I've rambled around this dirty old
CGC
town, singing for nickels and dimes.
CGFC
Times getting rough, I can't get enough, to
GC
buy me a little bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
GC
gonna let me get so-ber.
C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go
GC
back and start ov-er.
#2.
CGFC
Well, little hotel, older than hell, cold as
GC
the dark in the mine.
GFC
Light so dim, I had to grin, I got a little
GC
bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
C
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
GC
gonna let me get so-ber.
C
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go
GC
back and start ov-er.
INTERLUDE: C G C
#3.
CFCBb
Well, the preacher will preach and the teacher
FCF
will teach, the miner will dig in the mine.
CBbF
I ride the rods, trusting in God, huggin' my
CF
bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
F
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
CF
gonna let me get so-ber.
F
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go
CF
back and start ov-er.
#4.
FCBbF
Well, pain in my head, bugs in my bed, pants so
CF
old that they shine.
CBbF
Out on the street, I tell the people I meet, to
CF
buy me a little bottle of wine.
CHORUS:
F
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
CF
gonna let me get so-ber.
F
Let me alone..let me go home..let me go
CF
back and start ov-er.
OUTRO:
F
Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when you
CF
gonna let me get so-ber?