Strawberry wine Ryan Adams This song is real simple. Sounds fine with one guitar even though there are a few guitars on the recording. The intro might not be exactly the way its played but the idea is and it sounds ok. Intro G G G G G G G/F# G/F e---x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x-|--x-x---x-x---x-x---x-x-| B---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-|--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-| G---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-|--4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-| D-5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----4-----3-----| A-------------------------|------------------------| E-------------------------|------------------------| [] = SINGLE NOTE Verse 1: Last night in the street collapsed on itself G In fact, it broke right in two C Am And I fell in Em The strawberry vines G Into a pool of strawberry wine C Am Strawberry wine and clouds G [F] G [F] G Burning in the desert, surrounded in flowers C Am But the stems brake the armor Em And the morning comes G Until its all just the same things again C Am Pre: Don't spend too much time on the other side D Am Let the daylight in, D Am Chorus: Before you get old and you cant break out of it G My old friend, C Am Cause its getting winter, and if you want any flowers G You gotta get your seeds in C Am And I worry about you, D Am G why? because you want me to D Am G Verse 2: Can you still have any famous last words If you're nobody somebody nobody knows, I don't know Somebody go and ask Clair She's been dead twenty years just look at her hair Strawberry blonde with curls She gets hair done then she gossips With the younger waitress girls at the bar The old Irish rose Drinking strawberry wine Until it comes out her nose Pre: She spent too much time on the other side, And she forgot to let the daylight in Chorus: Before you get old you'd better break out of it My old friend, Cause its getting winter and if you want any flowers You gotta get your seeds in to the ground, And I worry about you, Why because you want me too Verse 3: This fella downtown, he jumped off a bridge He was angry about a letter he received from his friend He fell in To the arms of the most beautiful girl That have ever lived in the history of the world And with nothing left to lose he got screwed He sold his apartment before they made him move Then he jumped straight in To the san Francisco bay Now he lives on Molly's farm Picking berries all day Pre: Don't spend too much time on the other side Let the daylight in Verse 4: Marty was a kid when he learned to steal boats His dad was a deejay on the radio He fell in To a life Of riverboat n? crime Now has the man you see in prison If you want strawberry wine Strawberry wine and smokes He sent a letter to his friend Explaining one night on coke He and Clair Jumped in to the strawberry vines And lord knows you get lost On that strawberry wine Final Chorus: Don't spend too much time on the other side, D Am Let the daylight in D Am And I?m getting old and I gotta break out of it G My old friend, C Am Cause its getting winter and if I want any flowers G I gotta get those seeds in to the ground, C Am And if you worry about me D Am G Don't bother D Why? Am Am Ill be fine C Imp just sitting here laughing D Little old me and my Am C D Strawberry wine G [D] Em C G [D] Em C G G G/F# G/F# G/F G/F G G