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So Much Wine Merry Christmas

Andrew Bird

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
C×
G
D××
F#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
A×
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Verse 1:
      Em         C 
I had nothing to say 
G            D 
On Christmas day 
         Em             C              G    D/F# 
When you threw all your clothes in the snow 
         Em          C 
When you burned your hair 
        G            D 
And you knocked over chairs 
       Em            C           G 
I just tried to stay out of your way 
 
 
 
             G 
But when you fell asleep 
     C             G 
With blood on your teeth 
       Em        C             G 
I just got in my car and drove away 
          G         C 
Listen to me, butterfly 
        C            G 
There's only so much wine 
             Em 
That you can drink 
       C 
In one life 
            C          G 
And it will never be enough 
            Em 
To save you from 
    C              G 
The bottom of your glass 
 
 
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(Backing chords above) 
               Em      C            G            D           Em       C 
e|---------------12-14-15--15-14-12s10---------------12----------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------12-13-13s15----15-13-12--------------| 
G|---------7-8-9-------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-9-9-9-10------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
               G      D/F# Em      C           G D/F# Em       C       G    N.C. 
e|--------------------------12-14-15--15-14-12---10--12-10-8s7--7s5-3-3-5-3--| 
B|-13-12-13-15-15s17s15------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
 
Verse 2: 
(Crescendo) 
         Em            C 
When the state highway starts 
G         D 
I stop my car 
      Em     C               G    D/F# 
I get out to stare up at the stars 
       Em      C 
And as meteors died 
    G               D 
And shot across the sky 
       Em                 C           G 
I just thought about your sad shining eyes 
 
 
 
           G 
And I went back for my clothes 
         C                G 
When the sun finally rose 
       Em             C                 G 
Oh but you were still passed out on the floor 
          G        N.C. 
Listen to me butterfly 
                     N.C. 
There's only so much wine 
             Em 
That you can drink 
       C 
In one life 
            C          G 
But it will never be enough 
            Em 
To save you from 
    C              G 
The bottom of your glass 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · C · G · D · F# · B · A · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.