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Version 1[Intro] C G C [Chorus] C G C Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober C G C Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver [Verse 1] G F C G C Rambling around this dirty old town, singing for nickels and dimes G F C G C Time's getting tough, I ain't got enough to buy a little bottle of wine [Chorus] C G C Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober C G C Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver [Verse 2] G F C G C A little hotel over the hill, dark as the coal in the mine G F C G C Blanket so thin, I lay there and grinned, cos I got a little bottle of wine [Chorus] C G C Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober C G C Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver [Verse 3] G F C G C Pain in my head and bugs in my bed, pants are so old that they shine G F C G C Out on the street I tell people I meet won't you buy me a bottle of wine [Chorus] C G C Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober C G C Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver [Verse 4] G F C G C Well, a preacher will preach, a teacher will teach, a miner will dig in the mines G F C G C I ride the rods, trusting in God, a-hugging my bottle of wine [Chorus] C G C Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine, when ya gonna let me get sober C G C Let me alone, let me go home, let me go back and start o-ver [Outro] C G C