The Wine Song The Cat Empire
[So this is actually the first time I have ever posted a tab online, but that's only
because I never bother even using this site because it is always wrong. However
this song
is rather tricky to work out, so when I learnt it, I came here to see if I was
correct on a certain chord, and to my horror found someone had posted up this song
to completely
unaccurate chords. This offended me, so I decided to just do this and hopefully
save as many as I can from learning the other version. If your playing this on
piano you should be able to work out the melodic lines as Ollie plays them, and if
you play guitar, good luck.]
INTRO
(3/4 time)
| Dm | F+/C# | F/C | G/B | Bb |
Dm/A | A7 | Dm |
[Dm]Songs and [F+/C#]melodies [F/C]change and [G/B]change
[Bb]And sway
But they [Dm/A]still stay the [E7/G#]same[A7]
[Dm]The songs that we [F+/C#]sung when the [G/C]dark days [G/B]come
Are the [Bb]songs that we [Dm/A]sung when we [A7]chased them [Dm]away
[Dm]If I ever [F+/C#]found a [F/C]pot of [G/B]gold
I'd buy [Bb]bottles un[Dm/A]told of the [E7/G#]nectar of the [A7]vines
[Dm]I'm going to [F+/C#]die with a [F/C]twinkle in my [G/B]eye
[Bb] [Dm/A] [A7]
'cau[Dm]se I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine
[Gm]Tomorrow [Dm]is ano[A7]ther [Dm]day
[Gm]The cats are [Dm]out to [A7]play, to [Dm]play
That [Gm]old rusty [Dm]spaceship [A7]wants to [Dm]sail
[Gm]Into the [Dm]milky [A7]way [Dm]again
Dm Abdim A7 | /A /B
/C# |
On a river of red red wine
[For this section, its really just the four chords written, but I included the bass
notes as at the start when it is slow, those are very pronounced. But its just the chords
with that Jewish Hora feel by alternating between the 5ths]
Dm Dm/A (repeat)
Run...
(let's have some)
Gm Gm/D (repeat)
Fun...
(we'll)
Dm Dm/A (repeat)
Drink...
(a toast to the)
A7 A7/E (repeat)
Sun...
[Same cbords as verse 1]
In summer the bushfires rage and rage
And rage
On such beautiful days
And we fight them with water that runs through the cracks
Water we're desperately trying to save
So I'll just live on wine and water my vines
And sleep on the wind with the fires right behind
And sing on the beaches and dance through the night
Oh we'll cry 'pass the wine, pass the wine, pass the wine'
[Gm]Tomorrow [Dm]is ano[A7]ther [Dm]day
[Gm]The cats are [Dm]out to [A7]play, to [Dm]play
That [Gm]old rusty [Dm]spaceship [A7]wants to [Dm]sail
[Gm]Into the [Dm]milky [A7]way [Dm]again
Dm Abdim A7 | /A /B
/C# |
On a river of red red wine
[Again, same cbords as before]
Run...
(let's have some)
Fun...
(we'll)
Drink...
(a toast to the)
Sun...
[Instrumental solo. This part is the same chords as the "run run run" section. The
tricky part is the melody line, which I wont include, but if anyone actually wants it just
contact me]
[F]Oh what a [C]beautiful [A7]day [Dm]today!
[Gm]Today's a [F]day to [C]celeb[F]rate
[F]Grab your [C]bucket, [A7]grab your [Dm]spade
[Gm]We're heading [F]down to [C]Half Moon [F]Bay
[F]I saw a [C]plane go [A7]into a [Dm]cloud
[Gm]I'm drunk I'm [F]happy I'm [C]singing and [F]loud
[F] [C] [A7]wher[Gm]e the[A7] lea[Bb]ding melody is C# D E D]
Two o'clock in the arvo, but hey that's allowed...
Gm F | C C/E | F
I'm having[A7] a [Dm]good time and of that I am proud
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