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Version 1The times shown are elapsed time from the start; tabbed by Marty Lurvey. The pattern F C Bb Bb C repeats throughout the song. [Intro] ( keyboard & percussion ) 0:17 X4: F C Bb Bb C 0:34 [Verse 1] ( spoken ) F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day, F C Bb Bb C When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest, F C Bb Bb C In a big field of tall grass. F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C I laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my face. F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C As I fell asleep and dreamed, F C Bb Bb C I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie, F C Bb Bb C And that I was the star of the movie. F C Bb Bb C This really blew my mind, F C Bb Bb C The fact that me an overfed long haired leaping gnome, F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C Should be the star of a Hollywood movie, hmmm. 1:28 F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C There I was, ummm, I was taken to a place, the hall of the mountain kings F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C I stood high upon a mountain top, naked to the world F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C In front of every kind of girl, there was F C Bb Bb C Long one's, tall ones, short ones, brown ones, F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C Out of the middle, came a lady F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C She whispered in my ear something crazy, she said, 2:25 [Chorus] F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that pearl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that pearl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that pearl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that pearl 2:41 [Verse 2] ( spoken ) F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C I thought to myself, what could that mean? F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C Am I going crazy, or is this just a dream. Now wait a minute F C Bb Bb C I know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhere F C Bb Bb C So it's all in my head F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C And then I heard her say one more time 3:12 [Chorus] F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl 3:28 [Verse 3] ( spoken ) F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C As she disappeared, but soon she returned F C Bb Bb C In her hand was a bottle of wine F C Bb Bb C In the other a glass F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass F C Bb Bb C And raised it to her lips F C Bb Bb C And just before she drank it, she said 4:08 [Chorus] F C Bb Bb C Take the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl, c’mon, c’mon, F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, take that girl F C Bb Bb C Take that girl, yeah! 4:27 [Outro] F C Bb Bb C It's on girl, all you gotta do is spill that wine F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C F C Bb Bb C Spill that wine, let me feel, let me feel hot, yeah! yeah! O-, F C Bb Bb C Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, F C Bb Bb C Take that girl! 4:54