No Capo
Standard Tune
Intro:
G
Last night the street collapsed on itself
CC/BAm
In fact it broke right in two
EmD/F#G
And I fell in strawberry vines
CAm
Into a pool of strawberry wine
GD/F#GF#G
Strawberry wine inclines
CC/BAm
Burning in the desert surrounded by fires
EmD/F#G
but the stems break beyond more than the morning calls
CC/BAm
Till its all just the same thing again oh god
DAm (C/B)
Dont spend too much time on the other side
DAm
Let the daylight in
G* C Am
Before you give up and you cant break out of it my old friend
G*
Cause its getting worse if you want any flowers
CC/BAm
You better get your seeds into the ground
DAmGGGus
And I worry about you
DAmGG
Why? Because you want me to
G
Can you still have any famous last words
CAm
If youre somebody nobody knows
Em
I don't know
GC
Somebody go and ask Claire, she's been dead 20 years just look at her
Am
hair
GF#-GF#-G
Strawberry blonde with curls
CAm
She gets her hair done then she gossips with the younger waitress
Em
girls at the bar
F#-GCAm
The old irish rose drinking strawberry wine till it comes out her
nose
DAm
Dont spend too much time on the other side
DAm
Let the daylight in
GCAm
Before you give up and you cant break out of it my old friend
G
Cause its getting worse if you want any flowers
CAm
You better get your seeds into the ground
DAmG
And I worry about you
DAmG
Why? Because you want me to
G
Marty was a kid when he learned to sail boats
CAm
His dad was a DJ on the radio
Am-C- EmG
He fell into a life of river boating crime
CAm
Now he's the man you see in prison if you want strawberry wine
GF#-GF#-G
Strawberry wine or smokes
CAm
He sent a letter to his friend explaining one night on coke
EmG
He and Claire jumped right into them strawberry vines
CAm
Lord knows you get lost on that strawberry wine
DAm
Dont spend too much time on the other side
DAm
Let the daylight in
G
This fellow downtown he jumped off a bridge
CAm
He was angry about a letter he received from his friend
EmG
He jumped into the banks of San Francisco Bay
CAm
Picking strawberries in the clouds all day
GF#-GF#-G
Cause with nothing left to lose you get screwed
CAm
You sell your apartment before they make you move
EmG
Then you jump straight into the arms of the most beautiful girl
CAm
Who had never ever lived in the history of the world
GF#-GF#-G
And with nothing left to prove you get screwed
CAm
And sell your apartment before they make you move
EmG
Gonna jump straight into the darkened bay
CAm
Picking strawberries with strawberry wine all day
DAm
So don't spend too much time on the other side
DA
Dont forget to let the daylight in
GCAm
Cause before you get old you better break out of it my old friend
G
Cause its getting better and if you want any flowers
CAm
You better get your seeds into the ground
DAm
Cause I worry about you
DAmEm
Why? Dont bother to ask me why
AmCD
I'll be fine just sitting here laughing
AmEm7-CG-Em-C
Little old me and my strawberry wine
Gmaj7Cm
Strawberry wine
Gmaj7Cm
Strawberry wine