The Watersons – Red Wine And Promises chords

This is the best song written by Lal Waterson for the "Bright Phoebus" album. It 
features Norma Waterson on vocals but there's a demo version sung by Lal herself.

G                         C      EmFell in the street in a drunken heap;
Am                              GThere's bright water all around me.
G                              C      EmAnd the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am                               GHas left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm           I don't need nobody helping me;
   C                   GI don't need nobody's arm around me.


G                         C     EmIf I was a black beetle upside down,
Am                               GI could kick all night long and never turn around.
G                                C      EmBut I'm flat on my back in the rainbow rain,
Am                                          GStill I know, in the morning I'll be on me feet again.
Dm Just can't get a grip on the ground;
C                     GI'm upside down the right way round.


G                     C      EmI promise thee my shameless lady,
Am                          GWho laughs out loud in the sad patient night,
G               C      EmAlways to be honestly thee,
Am                          GIn me waking dreams or me drunken nights,
DmI don't fear the yawning sunshine morning;
      C              GI'm forward running back again.


G                         C      EmFell in the street in a drunken heap;
Am                              GThere's bright water all around me.
G                              C      EmAnd the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am                               GHas left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm           I don't need nobody helping me;
   C                   GI don't need nobody's arm around me.


Chords by COTH

The Waterson's site: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/watersons/
Norma Waterson's site: http://www.watersoncarthy.com/