#-----------------------------------------------------------------------# # Please Note: This file is the author's own work and represents their # # interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private # # study, scholarship, or research. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------# 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]