This is an awesome song from Loudon's album "Last Man On Earth". Its got fingerpicking
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Standard tuning, capo on the fifth fret. All chords relative to capo.
Intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was [G]five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Thank [Em]God we stuck with whi[F]te wine, and [G]stayed away from red[Am]
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white[G] wine and stay away fro[C]m...
[C]Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
Almost every single night a[F]fter her day was th[G]rough
[C]Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
[Em]Just to take th[F]e edge off, j[G]ust to get the gl[Am]ow,
[Em]You've got to [F]take the edge off i[G]f you want to get the[C]...
Repeat intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, w[F]hite winos mom an[G]d me
[C]We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
[Em]When we got to my [F]father that was w[G]hen I'd switch to b[Am]eer
[Em]When we got [F]to the old man t[G]hen I'd always switch to...[C]
[C]Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
Each empty bottle a dead soldier,[F] the marriage was the[G] war
[C]When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
[Em]Thats when [F]I got nervous, [G]when the glow got h[Am]ot
[Em]I always get n[F]ervous when the g[G]low gets...[C]
Bridge C F G
[C]I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, [F]thats something I shouldn't[G] do
[C]Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I w[G]ant to take to b[Am]ed
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I want [G]to take to..[C].
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was[G] five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
[Em]Thank God we s[F]tuck with white wine,[G] and stayed away from [Am]red
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white wine, and[G] stay away from
[Em]Mother li[F]ked her w[G]hite w[C]ine
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Standard tuning, capo on the fifth fret. All chords relative to capo.
Intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was [G]five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Thank [Em]God we stuck with whi[F]te wine, and [G]stayed away from red[Am]
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white[G] wine and stay away fro[C]m...
[C]Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
Almost every single night a[F]fter her day was th[G]rough
[C]Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
[Em]Just to take th[F]e edge off, j[G]ust to get the gl[Am]ow,
[Em]You've got to [F]take the edge off i[G]f you want to get the[C]...
Repeat intro C F G
[C]Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, w[F]hite winos mom an[G]d me
[C]We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
[Em]When we got to my [F]father that was w[G]hen I'd switch to b[Am]eer
[Em]When we got [F]to the old man t[G]hen I'd always switch to...[C]
[C]Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
Each empty bottle a dead soldier,[F] the marriage was the[G] war
[C]When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
[Em]Thats when [F]I got nervous, [G]when the glow got h[Am]ot
[Em]I always get n[F]ervous when the g[G]low gets...[C]
Bridge C F G
[C]I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, [F]thats something I shouldn't[G] do
[C]Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I w[G]ant to take to b[Am]ed
[Em]When I'm w[F]ith a woman that I want [G]to take to..[C].
[C]Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
She was desperate to live, but [F]her limit was[G] five
[C]Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
[Em]Thank God we s[F]tuck with white wine,[G] and stayed away from [Am]red
[Em]Always stic[F]k with white wine, and[G] stay away from
[Em]Mother li[F]ked her w[G]hite w[C]ine
