Chords for White Winos - Loudon Wainwright III

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Mother liked her white wine when she was alive
She was desperate to live but her [C] limit was five
[F] _ Carefully, I'd kiss her
_ Send her off to bed.
[Am] We always stuck to white wine.
[Cm] We stayed away from red
_ [Dm] _ _ _ Always stick to white [Gm] wine stay [F] away from mother like their white wine.
She'd have a glass or two
_ Almost every single night after her [C] day was through
_ [F] Salsa, chardonnay, chablis, pinot gris
_ [Am] Just to take the edge [C] off
Just to [Dm] get the glow _
_ Got to take the edge off if you wanna get
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_ _ Mother liked her white wine.
She'd have a glass or three
We'd sit out on the screen porch [Dm] white wine.
Oh mom and [C] me
[F] Talk about her childhood and recap my career [Am] when we got to my [F] father
That was when I'd switch to [Dm] beer _ _ _
[Am] We got to the [Bb] old man and I'd always [F] switch the mother liked her white wine
She had a glass of four each empty [Bb] bottle a dead soldier.
[Dm] The marriage [C] was the war
[F]
When we blurred the edges when we drank a lot
[Am] _ [F] That's when I got [C] nervous
When the glow [Dm] got hot _ _ I always get nervous when the [F] glow gets _ _ _ _
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_ _ I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
When I'm down, I'll drink some whiskey.
[Dm] It's something I shouldn't [C] do
_ [F] Every now and then I'll take a drop of red
[Am] When I'm with a [Bb] woman [F] that I want to take to [Dm] bed
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When I'm with a woman [F] that I want to take them other like their white wine when she was alive
She was desperate to live but her limit was [C] five
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Carefully, I'd kiss her and send her off to bed
Thank God we stuck to white wine [C] and we stayed away [F] mother like
_ _ _ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ you very much [A] Loden Wainwright living up