Sweet Cherry Wine:Tommy James And The Shondells.
#6 in Canada and #7 in USA in 1969.
#1.
C F G
Come on everyone, we got to get together, now.
C F G
Oh, yeah, love's the only thing that matters, anyhow.
F G C Am F Dm7
And the beauty of life can only survive, if we loooooove
G
one another.
#2.
C F G
Oh, yeah, yesterday my friends were marching out to war..
C F G
oh, yeah, listen now, you hear them marching anymore?
F G C Am
No, we ain't gonna fight, only God has the right,
F Dm7 G
to decide who's to live and die..
CHORUS:
G C F C F
He gave us sweet cherry wine..so very fine..
C F
drink it right down, pass it all around..
Dm7 G7
so stimulating, so intoxicating.
C F C F
Sweet cherry wine, to open your mind..
C Em7 F
And everybody's gonna feel so fine..drinking
G C F C F
sweet cherry wine..(Yes, they will.)
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#3.
C F G
Watch the mountain turn to dust and blow away.
C F G
Oh Lord, you know there's got to be a better way.
F G C Am
And the old masquerade, is a no soul parade..
F Dm7 G
marchin' through the ruins of time.
G
To save us, He gave us..
CHORUS:
C F C F C
sweet cherry wine..so very fine..drink it right down,
F Dm7 G7
pass it all around..so stimulating, so intoxicating..
C F
sweet cherry wine..
C Em7 F
And everybody's gonna feel so fine..drinking
G C
sweet cherry wine..
#4.
C F C F C
Oh, sweet cherry wine, so very fine..drink it right down,
F Dm7 G7
pass it all around..so stimulating, so intoxicating..
OUTRO:
C F C
Oh, sweet cherry wine, (come on) drink it with your brother..
F Dm7 G7
trust in one another, yeah, yeah..we need each other.
G C F
Yeah, yeah..He gave us sweet cherry wine.
C F C F
Sweet cherry wine, drink it right down..pass it all around..
Dm7 G7
People don't you know the cup is running over? (Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
