White Winos Loudon Wainwright III
This is an awesome song from Loudon's album "Last Man On Earth". Its got fingerpicking
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Standard tuning, capo on the fifth fret. All chords relative to capo.
Intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was [G]five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Thank [Em]God we stuck with whi[F]te wine, and [G]stayed away from red[Am]
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white[G] wine and stay away fro[C]m...
[C]Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
Almost every single night a[F]fter her day was th[G]rough
[C]Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
[Em]Just to take th[F]e edge off, j[G]ust to get the gl[Am]ow,
[Em]You've got to [F]take the edge off i[G]f you want to get the[C]...
Repeat intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, w[F]hite winos mom an[G]d me
[C]We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
[Em]When we got to my [F]father that was w[G]hen I'd switch to b[Am]eer
[Em]When we got [F]to the old man t[G]hen I'd always switch to...[C]
[C]Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
Each empty bottle a dead soldier,[F] the marriage was the[G] war
[C]When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
[Em]Thats when [F]I got nervous, [G]when the glow got h[Am]ot
[Em]I always get n[F]ervous when the g[G]low gets...[C]
Bridge C F G
[C]I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, [F]thats something I shouldn't[G] do
[C]Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I w[G]ant to take to b[Am]ed
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I want [G]to take to..[C].
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was[G] five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
[Em]Thank God we s[F]tuck with white wine,[G] and stayed away from [Am]red
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white wine, and[G] stay away from
[Em]Mother li[F]ked her w[G]hite w[C]ine
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