White Winos Tabs & Lyrics by Loudon Wainwright III
White Winos
guitar tabs lyrics
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 Dsus
Enjoy.
Intro D Bm A
D
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
Bm A
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
D
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Bm A Bm
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
A G A D
Always stick with white wine and stay away from...
D
Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
Bm A
Almost every single night after her day was through
D
Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
Bm A Bm
Just to take the edge off, just to get the glow,
A G A D
You've got to take the edge off if you want to get the...
Bridge D Bm A
D
Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
Bm A
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, white winos mom and me
D
We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
Bm A Bm
When we got to my father that was when I'd switch to beer
A G A D
When we got to the old man then I'd always switch to...
D
Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
Bm A
Each empty bottle a dead soldier, the marriage was the war
D
When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
Bm A Bm
Thats when I got nervous, when the glow got hot
A G A D
I always get nervous when the glow gets...
Bridge D Bm A
D
I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
Bm A
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, thats something I shouldn't do
D
Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
Bm A Bm
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to bed
A G A D
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to...
D
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
Bm A
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
D
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Bm A Bm
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
A G A
Always stick with white wine, and stay away from
A G A D
Mother liked her white wine