[REFRAIN – SING AFTER EACH STANZA]    [C] Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,  when you gonna let me get [G] so [C] ber?     [C] Let me alone, let me go home.  Let me go back and start [G] ov [C] er. [C] [C]

TURNAROUND
[C] Rambling around this [F] dirty old [C] town, singing for [G] nickels and [C] dimes.   [C] Times getting rough, I [F] ain’t got [C] enough to buy a little [G] bottle of [C] wine. (Yeah) [C]

[REFRAIN – SING AFTER EACH STANZA]

TURNAROUND
[C] Little hotel, [F] older than hell, [C] Dark as the [G] coal in the [C] mine.   [C] Blankets are thin, I [F] lay there and [C] grin,   ‘cause I got a little [G] bottle of [C] wine. [C]

[REFRAIN – SING AFTER EACH STANZA]    [C] Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,  when you gonna let me get [G] so [C] ber?    [C] Let me alone, let me go home.  [C] Let me go back and start [G] ov [C] er. [C] [C]

TURNAROUND
[C] Pain in my head, [F] bugs in my bed, [C] Pants are so [G] old that they [C] shine;  [C] Out on the street, tell [F] the people I [C] meet:   “Won’t you [G] buy me a bottle of [C] wine?” [C]

[REFRAIN – SING AFTER EACH STANZA]

TURNAROUND
A [C] preacher will preach, a [F] teacher will teach, [C] a miner will  [G] dig in the [C] mine.  [C] I ride the rods, [F] trusting [C] in God, [G] Hugging my bottle of [C] wine.

[REFRAIN – SING AFTER EACH STANZA]    [C] Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine,  when you gonna let me get [G] so [C] ber?    [C] Let me alone, let me go home.  [C] Let me go back and start [G] ov [C] er. [C] [C]

[C] Let me go back and start [G] ov [C] er. [C] [C]

[OUTRO] [C] [G][C]

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