Johnny Cash - Melva's Wine: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Melva's Wine" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Melva's Wine Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Johnny Cash

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Melva's Wine" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#
Every year about this time
G#                       A#
My wife Melva made some wine
Every year about this time
     G#                      A#
The air is sweet as Melva's wine
And I sip her wine and I listen to the robin sings
               G#                      A#
And the river runs through Kingston Springs

Every year about this time
A few old friends come up to walk
Every year about this time
A few old friends stop by to talk
And we talk about the crops and weather and things
And the young folks here in Kingston Springs

Chorus:
G#
I got the brother up Chicago way
                              A#        G       Cm
He wants me to visit him someday and I may sometimes
     G#
But not as long as the robin sings
                                       A#
And the river runs through Kingston Springs

It was last year about this time
Melva made her last batch of wine
It was last year about this time
She left for me her warm sweet wine
She could sing as sweet as robins sing
Above her grape in Kingston Springs

Chorus

'Cause that was last year about this time
That Melva made this glass of wine


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Melva's Wine" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Melva's Wine" by Johnny Cash.

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