Chords with lyrics
Intro:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7 x3
Verse 1:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Wino on the street. Drinking a bottle of booze
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Ain't got nothing to say, yeah. And he don't got much to lose
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Times are on his face. Blisters on his brain
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Wonders who's at fault. Knows that he's to blame
Instrumental:
BB E MajorE D MajorD BB x2
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Thinks back on his childhood and wonders the reasons why
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Why some men have made it rich. Why some men have cried
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Reached out his hand, lord. For a nickel or a dime
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Livin' every day, yeah, for one more taste of wine
Chorus:
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA BB
Wino, soon you've got to choose
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
How long must you take abuse
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA BB
Wino, you wasn't born to lose
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
Sweet wine is making you a fool
Solo:
D MajorD BB A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB x6
Instrumental:
BB E MajorE D MajorD BB x2
Verse 2:
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Wino on the street. Drinking a bottle of booze
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
Ain't got nothing to say, yeah. And he don't got much to lose
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
I want to help him out with his troubles and woes
E minor 7Em7 Bm7Bm7
I guess he's a happy young man. God in heaven only knows
Chorus:
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA BB
Wino, soon you've got to choose
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
How long must you take abuse
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA BB
Wino, you wasn't born to lose
C majorC BB G+G A augmentedA E minorEm
Sweet wine is making you a fool
Ending:
D MajorD BB A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB x2
D MajorD BB A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB
Yonder come a man, now this I know, now you better find some place to go
D MajorD BB A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB
Yonder come a man to take you downtown, he don't want you hanging around
D MajorD BB A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA BB x4