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The Wine Song Ukulele

(ver. 1)
The Cat Empire
[So this is actually the first time I have ever posted a tab online, but that's only 
because I never bother even using this site because it is always wrong. However 
this song 
is rather tricky to work out, so when I learnt it, I came here to see if I was 
correct on a certain chord, and to my horror found someone had posted up this song 
to completely 
unaccurate chords. This offended me, so I decided to just do this and hopefully 
save as many as I can from learning the other version. If your playing this on 
piano you should be able to work out the melodic lines as Ollie plays them, and if 
you play guitar, good luck.]

INTRO
(3/4 time)
| Dm | F+/C# | F/C | G/B | Bb | 
Dm/A | A7 | Dm |

Dm        F+/C#    F/C        G/B
Songs and melodies change and change
Bb
And sway
         Dm/A           E7/G#      A7
But they still stay the same
Dm                F+/C#         G/C       G/B
The songs that we sung when the dark days come
        Bb            Dm/A         A7          Dm
Are the songs that we sung when we chased them away
Dm        F+/C#   F/C    G/B
If I ever found a pot of gold
        Bb        Dm/A        E7/G#         A7
I'd buy bottles untold of the nectar of the vines
Dm           F+/C#      F/C           G/B
I'm going to die with a twinkle in my eye
         Bb              Dm/A          A7            
    Dm
'cause I sung songs spun stories loved laughed and drank wine

Gm       Dm    A7   Dm
Tomorrow is another day
Gm           Dm     A7       Dm
The cats are out to play, to play
     Gm        Dm        A7       Dm
That old rusty spaceship wants to sail
Gm       Dm    A7  Dm
Into the milky way again
     Dm       Abdim   A7     | /A /B 
/C# |
On a river of red red wine

[For this section, its really just the four chords written, but I included the bass 
notes as at the start when it is slow, those are very pronounced. But its just the chords 
with that Jewish Hora feel by alternating between the 5ths]

Dm   Dm/A (repeat)
Run...
(let's have some)
Gm  Gm/D (repeat)
Fun...
(we'll)
Dm   Dm/A (repeat)
Drink...
(a toast to the)
A7   A7/E  (repeat)
Sun...

[Same chords as verse 1]

In summer the bushfires rage and rage
And rage
On such beautiful days
And we fight them with water that runs through the cracks
Water we're desperately trying to save
So I'll just live on wine and water my vines
And sleep on the wind with the fires right behind
And sing on the beaches and dance through the night
Oh we'll cry 'pass the wine, pass the wine, pass the wine'

Gm       Dm    A7   Dm
Tomorrow is another day
Gm           Dm     A7       Dm
The cats are out to play, to play
     Gm        Dm        A7       Dm
That old rusty spaceship wants to sail
Gm       Dm    A7  Dm
Into the milky way again
     Dm       Abdim   A7     | /A /B 
/C# |
On a river of red red wine

[Again, same chords as before]

Run...
(let's have some)
Fun...
(we'll)
Drink...
(a toast to the)
Sun...

[Instrumental solo. This part is the same chords as the "run run run" section. The 
tricky part is the melody line, which I wont include, but if anyone actually wants it just 

F         C         A7  Dm
Oh what a beautiful day today!
Gm        F      C    F
Today's a day to celebrate
F         C       A7        Dm
Grab your bucket, grab your spade
Gm            F       C         F
We're heading down to Half Moon Bay
F       C        A7     Dm
I saw a plane go into a cloud
Gm            F         C           F
I'm drunk I'm happy I'm singing and loud
F                  C         A7  Gm   A7  Bb
                            [where the leading melody is C# D E D]
Two o'clock in the arvo, but hey that's allowed...
Gm                F         | C     C/E | F 
          A7 Dm
I'm having a good time and of that I am proud

[Have fun playing. An amazing song. It needs to be here.]
            
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