Elderberry Wine chords by Elton John

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Novice

ELDERBERRY WINE
As recorded by Elton John
(From the 1973 Album DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER)

Intro:
Eb  Bb  Eb  Bb x2

Verse 1:
Bb
There's a fly in the window, a dog in the yard
      Cm
And a year since I saw you
          Bb
There's a trunk in the corner I keep all my letters
   Cm
My bills and demands I keep too

Pre-Chorus:
Cm        Gm                  Eb
Well, I can't help thinking about the times
D7                  Gm
You were a wife of mine
               Bb                           Eb
You aimed to please me, cooked black-eyed peas-me
      F         Bb
Made elderberry wine

Chorus:
F                                   Eb         Bb
Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine
F
Those were the days, we'd lay in the haze
   Eb             Bb
Forget depressive times
F                                 Eb             Bb
How can I ever get it together without a wife in line?
F                                       Eb    Bb   Eb  Bb  Eb
To pick the crop and get me hot on elderberry wine

Verse 2:
Eb      Bb
Round a tree in the summer, a fire in the fall
      Cm
Flat out when they couldn't stand
    Bb
The bottle went round like a woman down south
       Cm
Passed on from hand to hand

Pre-Chorus:
Cm        Gm                  Eb
Well, I can't help thinking about the times
D7                  Gm
You were a wife of mine
               Bb                           Eb
You aimed to please me, cooked black-eyed peas-me
      F         Bb
Made elderberry wine

Chorus:
F                                   Eb         Bb
Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine
F
Those were the days, we'd lay in the haze
   Eb             Bb
Forget depressive times
F                                 Eb             Bb
How can I ever get it together without a wife in line?
F                                       Eb    Bb   Eb  Bb  Eb
To pick the crop and get me hot on elderberry wine
F                                   Eb         Bb
Drunk all the time, feeling fine on elderberry wine
F
Those were the days, we'd lay in the haze
   Eb             Bb
Forget depressive times
F                                 Eb             Bb
How can I ever get it together without a wife in line?
F                                       Eb    Bb   Eb  Bb  Eb  Bb
To pick the crop and get me hot on elderberry wine

Outro:
Bb
Elderberry wine
Bb
Elderberry wine
Eb         Bb
Elderberry wine
           Eb   Bb
Elderberry wine
Eb
Elderberry wine
Bb
Elderberry wine