Elderberry Wine

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the Album Don't Shoot Me (I'm only the piano player)

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            Bb
There's a fly in the window
 
A dog in the yard
         Ab                         Eb/Ab
And a year since I saw you
             Bb
There's a trunk in the corner
 
I keep all my letters
     Ab
My bills and demands I keep too

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Well I can't help thinking
 Eb
About the times
D7                        Gm
You were a wife of mine
                    Bb
You aimed to please me
                          Eb
Cooked black-eyed peas-me
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Made elderberry wine

F
Drunk all the time
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Feeling fine on elderberry wine
F
Those were the days
F
We'd lay in the haze
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Forget depressive times
F
How can I ever get it together
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Without a wife in line
F
To pick the crop and get me hot
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On elderberry wine

Round a tree in the summer
A fire in the fall
Flat out when they couldn't stand
The bottle went round
Passed on from hand to hand

Well I can't help thinking
About the times
You were a wife of mine
You aimed to please me
Cooked black-eyed peas-me
Made elderberry wine

chorus twice

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Elderberry wine

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Elderberry wine

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Elderberry wine