Elderberry Wine chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Bb majorBb

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 MajorEb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb x2

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

Pre-Chorus:
C minorCm    G minorGm         Eb MajorEb
Well, I can't help thinking about the times
D7D7         G minorGm
You were a wife of mine
        Bb majorBb              Eb MajorEb
You aimed to please me, cooked black-eyed peas-me
   FF     Bb majorBb
Made elderberry wine

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

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

Pre-Chorus:
C minorCm    G minorGm         Eb MajorEb
Well, I can't help thinking about the times
D7D7         G minorGm
You were a wife of mine
        Bb majorBb              Eb MajorEb
You aimed to please me, cooked black-eyed peas-me
   FF     Bb majorBb
Made elderberry wine

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

Outro:
Bb majorBb
Elderberry wine
Bb majorBb
Elderberry wine
Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
Elderberry wine
      Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Elderberry wine
Eb MajorEb
Elderberry wine
Bb majorBb
Elderberry wine