Standard Tuning
Verse 1:
E A
If you'll take the time and trouble,
E A
I've a story I'll relay,
E
how I drank away my freedom,
B7 E
drank the past to a prison gate.
Chorus 1:
E A
Once love came in sweetest splendor,
E A
Angel's love I thought was mine,
E
how I tried to quit my drinkin'
B7 E
the devil's own red wicked wine,
B7 E
the devil's own red wicked wine.
Verse 2:
E A
Then one night I found my darlin'
E A
locked in the arms of my best friend,
E
wicked wine and a loaded pistol
B7 E
brought them both to a bloody end.
Chorus 2:
E A
I have traded love and freedom
E A
for prison stripes and a tortured mind,
E
now I know but grief and sorrow
B7 E
all for the love of wicked wine,
B7 E
the devil's own red wicked wine.
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