Lilac Wine (written by J. Shelton) 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] ** "LILAC WINE" COMPLETE TAB ** This is actually fairly easy and quite fun to play. As best I can figure it, this is what I think is actually played on the "Grace" album. At least, it's pretty darn close... Standard tuning!! (What a shock!) I'm just going to tab out the individual chords, not the rhythm or anything. Y'all can figure that out yourselves. (If you are training your ear, a good exercise is to figure out which chord below goes where in the song.) *Introduction E--3----------------------------------------| B--3---4---3---4---3---3---4---4---3---3----| G--3---0---5---5---5---3---0---5---5---3----| D--5---5---4---5---4---5---5---5---4---5----| A--5---6---5---3---5---5---6---X---5---5----| E------------------------------5------------| E---4---------------4--------------------| B---3---5---4---3---3---5---4------------| G---4---5---5---3---4---5---5------------| D---3---5---5---5---3---5---5---5---4----| A-------3---3---5-------3---3---5---5----| E----------------------------------------| *"Lilac wine..." bit E---3---3---0---2---3---3---0---1---3---0----| B---0---0---1---1---0---0---1---3---0---1----| G---0---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0----| D---0---0---2---0---0---0---2---0---0---2----| A---2---2---3-------2---2---3-------2---3----| E---3---1---X---X---3---1---X-------3--------| E---1---3---0-----------------------| B---3---0---1---8---3---5---3-------| G---2---0---0---8---5---5---5-------| D---0---0---2---8---4---5---4-------| A-------2---3---6---5---7---5-------| E-------3---------------------------| Now, I'll leave the final progression up to you since it's just a variation on the above, and the chord chart I provided gives the essential information. The one variation through the song that might be worth noting is that on the second run through, when we get to "sweet and heady", halfway through the D7 bit, Jeff adds a suspension which should be pretty apparent when you hear it (I'm providing the "rhythm" in the tab below): E-----2--2--3--3---| B-----1--1--1--1---| G-----2--2--2--2---| D-----0--0--0--0---| A------------------| E------------------| Happy playing. mh Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:55:09 +0100 From: John IB Pollock, stu111@central.napier.ac.uk Subject: Lilac wine Corrected Okay I finally got round to doing Lilac Wine : "The reason men drink" Jeff in concert, August 1994 Try and play it with barre chords to give that muted jazzy feel particularly the G G7 bit. As it is fairly jazzy I may have simplifed the harmonies a bit, but try it and see. As normal I make no claims as to accuracy. Lilac Wine [Cover] Gm I lost myself on a cool damp night Eb Gave myself in that misty light Cm Was hypnotized by a strange delight D 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... D And be what I want to be F#m C When I think more than I want to think Cm Gm Do things I never should do F#m C I drink much more that I ought to drink Cm D Because I brings me back you... G G7 G G7 C D G G7 Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love C F G C F G C Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Eb Listen to me... I cannot see clearly D Am D Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? And reapeat patterns. and the last bit (the coda? My musical education is sadly lacking) G G7 C D G G7 Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love C Eb D G I feel unready for my love... LYRICS I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see... And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because It brings me back you... Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me... I cannot see clearly Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love? Listen to me, why is everything so hazy? Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear? Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love...