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
​.
​ 
 
 
 
 
Verse 
 
Gm 
I lost myself on a cool damp night 
 
Eb 
Gave myself in that misty light 
 
D7​ C
​m 
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​ G
​m 
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​ D
​7 
Because I brings me back you... 
 
 
[Instrumental] G
​​ G
​7 
 
 
Chorus 
 
G​ G7​
​ ​
C​ ​
D7​ ​
G​ G
​7 
Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love 
 
C​ D
​m​G
​​ ​
C​ ​
Dm​ G
​​ ​
C 
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love 
 
Eb​ ​
D7 
Listen to me... I cannot see clearly 
 
D7​ ​
Am7​ D
​7 
Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? 
 
 
And repeat as necessary. 
 
The final progression is just: 
 
 
G​ ​G7​ C
​​ D
​7​ G
​​ G
​7 
Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love 
 
C
​​ C
​m​ D
​7​ G
​ 
I feel unready for my love...