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Lilac Wine
(J. Shelton)
Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 19:46:00 +1000
From: Michael Harris, Michael_Harris@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au
Subject: "Lilac Wine" (For the website)
LILAC WINE -- Chord Chart and Tab
[Originally posted by Michael Harris, May 20 1996]
** "LILAC WINE" CHORD CHART **
This is my user-friendly chord map to "LW". It is not too far from John
Pollock's earlier tab of this, but there are some variations, particularly
the diminished chord and the D7 instead of D.
Gm
I lost myself on a cool damp night
Eb
Gave myself in that misty light
D7 Cm
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
D7 Gm
Under a lilac tree
Gm
I made wine from the lilac tree
Eb
Put my heart in its recipe
Cm(*)
It makes me see what I want to see...
D7 Gm
And be what I want to be
Gdim C
When I think more than I want to think
Cm Gm
Do things I never should do
Gdim C
I drink much more than I ought to drink
Cm G D7
Because I brings me back you...
G G7
G G7 C D7 G G7
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
C Dm G C Dm G C
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Eb D7
Listen to me... I cannot see clearly
D7 Am7 D7
Isn't that she coming to me nearly here?
And repeat as necessary.
The final progression is just:
G G7 C D7 G G7
Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love
C Cm D7 G
I feel unready for my love...
Notes:
>The C minor chord marked with the * is actually a bit more involved
(complicated?) if you look at the tab, as it has an A in the bass. This
actually makes it, I think, an "A minor 7 diminished 5", but don't quote
me!!
>Diagrams for the G diminished chord and the Am7dim5 are below:
alternatively see the tab.
>To get the "muted jazzy feel" John Pollock referred to in his post,
without being confined to barre chords (which are difficult and also are
not what I have tabbed out below for the most part), I suggest using the
thumb and fingers of the right (picking) hand rather than a plectrum, to
"stroke" the strings.
Chords
E |---|---|-4-|---| |---|---|---|---|
B |---|-2-|---|---| |---|-1-|---|---|
G |---|---|-3-|---| |---|---|-4-|---|
D |---|-1-|---|---| |---|---|-3-|---|
A |---|---|---|---| |(1)|---|---|---|
E |---|---|---|---| |---|---|-2-|---|
2 3 4 5 3 4 5 6
G diminished Am7dim5 I think
[to make this a Cminor, just play the (1)
on
the 5th string rather than the 2 on the
6th, OK]
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