ryan adams
strawberry wine
29
no capo
standard tune

intro :

G
last night the street collapsed on itself
C C/B Am
in fact it broke right in two
Em D/F# G
and i fell in strawberry vines
C Am
into a pool of strawberry wine
G D/F# G F# G
strawberry wine inclines
C C/B Am
burning in the desert surrounded by fires
Em D/F# G
but the stems break beyond more than the morning calls
C C/B Am
till its all just the same thing again oh god
D Am ( C/B )
dont spend too much time on the other side
D Am
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
C C/B Am
you better get your seeds into the ground
D Am G Gsus G
and i worry about you
D Am G C G
why? because you want me to

G
can you still have any famous last words
C Am
if youre somebody nobody knows
Em
i don’t know
G C
somebody go and ask claire , she’s been dead 20 years just look at her
Am
hair

G F# – G F# – G
strawberry blonde with curls
C Am
she gets her hair done then she gossips with the younger waitress
Em
girls at the bar

F# – G C Am
the old irish rose drinking strawberry wine till it comes out her

nose

D Am
dont spend too much time on the other side
D Am
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
C Am
you better get your seeds into the ground
D Am G
and i worry about you
D Am G
why? because you want me to

G
marty was a kid when he learned to sail boats
C Am
his dad was a dj on the radio
Am – C – Em G
he fell into a life of river boating crime
C Am
now he’s the man you see in prison if you want strawberry wine
G F# – G F# – G
strawberry wine or smokes
C Am
he sent a letter to his friend explaining one night on coke
Em G
he and claire jumped right into them strawberry vines
C Am
lord knows you get lost on that strawberry wine
D Am
dont spend too much time on the other side
D Am
let the daylight in

G
this fellow downtown he jumped off a bridge
C Am
he was angry about a letter he received from his friend
Em G
he jumped into the banks of san francisco bay
C Am
picking strawberries in the clouds all day
G F# – G F# – G
cause with nothing left to lose you get screwed
C Am
you sell your apartment before they make you move
Em G
then you jump straight into the arms of the most beautiful girl
C Am
who had never ever lived in the history of the world
G F# – G F# – G
and with nothing left to prove you get screwed
C Am
and sell your apartment before they make you move
Em G
gonna jump straight into the darkened bay
C Am
picking strawberries with strawberry wine all day
D Am
so don’t spend too much time on the other side
D A
dont forget to let the daylight in

G C Am
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
C Am
you better get your seeds into the ground
D Am
cause i worry about you
D Am Em
why? dont bother to ask me why
Am C D
i’ll be fine just sitting here laughing
Am Em7 – C G – Em – C
little old me and my strawberry wine
Gmaj7 Em C
strawberry wine
Gmaj7 Em C
strawberry wine