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Old Red Wine – guitar tab

Old Red Wine | guitar tab
By The Who, 2003
>From Then and Now 1964-2004, 2004
Written by Pete Townshend ©2004 Pete Townshend

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transcribed by                 2005-03-05          Whotabs               
litgo@aol.com  and Ty Conner <wthyo@twcny.rr.com>  www.thewho.net/whotabs 
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D       xx0232
Dsus4   xx0233
Em7     020030 and 020033
Em7add9 020032
Am      x02210
G       3x0033
Cadd9   x32030

Note: patterns approximate

[4/4]                                       [2/4] [4/4]                      
|D    Dsus4   |Em7  Em7add9 |Am             |G    |Cadd9      |             |
|---2-3-------|---3-2-------|---------------|-----|0--0-0-0---|-------------|
|---3-3-------|---3-3----0--|---1-1-1-1-1---|-----|3--3-3-3---|-----------3-|
|-2-2-2-------|---0------0--|---2-2-2-2-2---|---0-|0---0-0-0--|--0-0-------0|
|0------------|----------0--|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-0-0-|2----------|0h2-2-0--2---|
|-------------|-2-----------|0--------------|-----|3----------|--3-----3----|
|-------------|0------------|------------0-2|3----|-----------|-------------|

|D       Dsus4 |Em7              Em7add9  
 Old red wine,     well past its prime

|Am                            |G            Cadd9    
    May have to finish it after crossing the line

|D         Dsus4 |Em7               Em7add9
 Dusty old wine,     two thousand a time,

|Am                              |G      Cadd9    |C      F    |
      An inch of black mud always left behind 


|Eb              Bb                 |F         Bb
    They say you turned it while the sun still shined

    |Eb            Bb          |F       Gm  
That gorgeous girl with you was highly primed

|Eb               Bb               |F        Bb
   She said she'd take you way down or way up

         |Eb         Bb              |F        |Gm G     |Asus4   A     |
She might break your heart, she might crack you up


Old red wine, not worth a dime,
Gonna have to drink it with yer some other time
Expensive old wine, forty years lyin',
Mice chewed the labels, don't know what we're buying

Back home in California they got wine for the meek
There's a Bowl and a Fillmore, the Cow and the Greek
You sniffed at the cork, chose low on the list
Had your back to the lights and gazed through the mist

Old red wine, well past its prime,
Gonna have to drink it with you some other time 


[outro; basic pattern; chord names implied by bass]
|D               Dsus4/G |D                   Dsus4/G  |
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|
|11--11--11--11--12-12---|11-11-11--11-11-11--12-------|
|12--12--12--12--12-12---|12-12-12--12-12-12--12-------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|10t-10--10--10--10-10---|10-10-10--10-10-10--10-------|

Just let it breathe
Oh, let it breathe
Breathe life
Breathe life
Let it breathe
Oh, let it breathe
Let it breathe

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litgo@aol.com and Ty Conner <wthyo@twcny.rr.com>

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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