Standard Tuning

Verse 1:

E (022100@1)              AIf (x02220@1)you'll take the time and trouble,
        E (022100@1)          AI've (x02220@1)a story I'll relay,
                      Ehow (022100@1)I drank away my freedom,
           B7 (x21202@1)             Edrank (022100@1)the past to a prison gate.

Chorus 1:
           E (022100@1)                 AOnce (x02220@1)love came in sweetest splendor,
          E (022100@1)               AAngel's (x02220@1)love I thought was mine,
                          Enow (022100@1)I tried to quit my drinkin'
             B7 (x21202@1)           Ethe (022100@1)devil's own red wicked wine,
             B7 (x21202@1)           Ethe (022100@1)devil's own red wicked wine.

Verse 2:
          E (022100@1)                AThen (x02220@1)one night I found my daughter
                E (022100@1)             Alocked (x02220@1)in the arms of my best friend,
                           Ewicked (022100@1)wine and a loaded pistol
              B7 (x21202@1)             Ebrought (022100@1)them both to a bloody end.

Chorus 2:
         E (022100@1)            AI (x02220@1)have traded love and freedom
             E (022100@1)                   Afor (x02220@1)prison stripes and a tortured mind,
                           Enow (022100@1)I know but grief and sorrow
             B7 (x21202@1)           Eall (022100@1)for the love of wicked wine,
             B7 (x21202@1)           Ethe (022100@1)devil's own red wicked wine.

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