Red Red Wine Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	1st fret

Author Big_Easy [pro] 963.

2 contributors total, last edit on Mar 25, 2018

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As they normally play it, like in this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTLPrQdB5dI
 
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Capo on 1st fret. If you don't have a capo or don't want to use one, transpose 1
step up and play barred chords.
 
 
[Hook] (x2)
 
         C  F  G  F          C  F  G  F          C        F  G  F             G   G  F
Red red wine.    Goes to my head.    Makes me forget that I,   still need her so,
 G       C  F  G  F          C  F  G  F        C        F  G
Red red wine,    It's up to you.     All I can do I've done,
      F            G   G  F      G         C  F  G  F
But memories won't go.      Memories won't go.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
        G              C      F                         C
I had sworn that with time, thoughts of you'd leave my head.
        G           C               F               G
I was wrong. Now I find, just one thing makes me forget.
 
 
[Hook]
 
         C  F  G  F           C  F  G  F           C     F  G         F      G     G
Red red wine.   Stay close to me.     Don't let me be alone.   It's tearing apart,  
 F     G     C   F  G  G , C  F  G  G
   my blue heart.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
        G              C      F                             C
I had sworn that with time, thoughts of you would leave my head.
        G           C               F                G
I was wrong. Now I find, just one thing makes me forget.
 
         C  F  G  F            C  F  G  F           C       F  G       F       G    G
Red red wine.    Stay close to me.     Don't let me be alone.    It's tearing apart, 
 F     G           C   F  G  G , C  F  G  G
   my blue, blue heart.
 
 
[Hook]
 
         C  F  G  F            C  F  G  F           C       F  G       F        G    G
Red red wine.    Stay close to me.     Don't let me be alone.    It's tearing apart, 
 F     G           C   F  G  C
   my blue, blue heart.
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I obviously both hear and see something different than you do. =) C#? Yes, that's what the capo on first fret is for. Cheers!

Hi Big Easy, well done, thanks for sharing. Strumming tips from novice to novice: first of all it's quite important to play the three chords as barre chords so you have more control when muting the strings - which IMHO is essential when playing Reggae. Since the original recording is rather a Rocksteady beat I'd suggest two quick downstrokes (one AND one AND...)where the first downstroke is almost a ghost note. Their live version of the song is usually slower (more Reggae-ish). So if you more of a Reggae guy it's (simply put) two downstrokes and one upstroke (one AND-a one AND-a...). Haitian Divorce by Steely Dan is almost a blueprint for this.