• Song:

    Red Wine And Promises

  • Artist:

    The Watersons

This is the best song written by Lal Waterson for the "Bright Phoebus" album. It 
features Norma Waterson on vocals but there's a demo version sung by Lal herself.

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)    EmFell (022000@1)in the street in a drunken heap;
Am (x02210@1)                            GThere's (320003@1)bright water all around me.
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)    EmAnd (022000@1)the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am (x02210@1)                             GHas (320003@1)left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm (xx0231@1)         
I don't need nobody helping me;
   C (x32010@1)                 GI (320003@1)don't need nobody's arm around me.

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)   EmIf (022000@1)I was a black beetle upside down,
Am (x02210@1)                             GI (320003@1)could kick all night long and never turn around.
G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)    EmBut (022000@1)I'm flat on my back in the rainbow rain,
Am (x02210@1)                                        GStill (320003@1)I know, in the morning I'll be on me feet again.
Dm (xx0231@1)Just can't get a grip on the ground;
C (x32010@1)                   GI'm (320003@1)upside down the right way round.

G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)    EmI (022000@1)promise thee my shameless lady,
Am (x02210@1)                        GWho (320003@1)laughs out loud in the sad patient night,
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)    EmAlways (022000@1)to be honestly thee,
Am (x02210@1)                        GIn (320003@1)me waking dreams or me drunken nights,
DmI (xx0231@1)don't fear the yawning sunshine morning;
      C (x32010@1)            GI'm (320003@1)forward running back again.

G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)    EmFell (022000@1)in the street in a drunken heap;
Am (x02210@1)                            GThere's (320003@1)bright water all around me.
G (320003@1)                            C (x32010@1)    EmAnd (022000@1)the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am (x02210@1)                             GHas (320003@1)left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm (xx0231@1)         
I don't need nobody helping me;
   C (x32010@1)                 GI (320003@1)don't need nobody's arm around me.

Chords by COTH

The Waterson's site: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/watersons/
Norma Waterson's site: http://www.watersoncarthy.com/
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