The Other Favorites - Cherry Wine

[Verse 1]
Am Dm
Well, the bull is on the run and the bear has come.
E Am
The time is right for moving to Chicago.
Am Dm
Got a cousin out there who still recalls my mother
E Am
with a sofa bed in the basement of his brownstone
Am Dm
Now the arm of the law has long been broken
E Am
Still it’s grubby little fingers grasp at me
Am Dm
I wear your silver locket as a token
E Am
Of the everlasting love I long to keep.

[Chorus]
F C C/G C
I have seen the guilded palace
F E
Where you drink your cherry wine
Am Am/G
and filled the chalice of another
Dm E Am
Oh, soon it will be mine.

[Verse 2]
Am Dm
I filched a wedding dress from my ex-lover
E Am
Fixed a job to pay off my tuxedo
Am Dm
two boys in a flatbed undercover
E Am
Only one will make it to Toledo
Am Dm
And I heard your new companion is a Chaplan
E Am
Well what do you think he’d charge to read the vows
Am Dm
I reap the famous grass of midwest farmland
E Am
Stumbling up the front steps to your house

[Chorus]
F C C/G C
I have seen the guilded palace
F E
Where you drink your cherry wine
Am Am/G
and filled the chalice of another
Dm E Am
Oh, soon it will be mine.

[Solo]
Am Dm E Am Dm E Am

[Verse 3]
Am Dm
I have another pull of my whiskey
E Am
say “I’ve come to take back what belongs to me.”
Am Dm
He says “I think I understand you correctly,
E Am
I’ve got a house warming gift up my sleeve.”
Am Dm
Now I’ve stared down a birdshot loaded rifle
E Am
I’ve given both my ears to bowie knives
Am Dm
but the .357 smokeless ain’t no trifle
E Am
You can see clean through my chest to the other side.

[Chorus]
F C C/G C
All my hatred all my malice
F E
Is flowing out like cherry wine
Am Am/G
aI will plague you here no longer
Dm E Am
You were never to be mine
N.C.
All my hatred all my malice
N.C.
Is flowing out like cherry wine
N.C.
I will plague you here no longer
N.C.
You were never to be mine
Am Am/G
I will plague you here no longer
Dm E Am
You were never to be mine