I Reached For The Wine Song Lyrics and Chords by Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
I Reached For The Wine
Recorded by Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
Written by Joyce Allsup
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My eyes are perfect but
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now I see I'm blind
Because I didn't notice
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all those danger signs
I tried and tried to tell you
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oh so many
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times
You should reach for your
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baby but I
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reached for the
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Remember I told you that
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someday you would find
Just you and your bottle at the
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end of the line
You'd still be here in my arms and
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not just on my
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mind
If you'd reach for your
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baby like I
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reached for the
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wine
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If I could reach you
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just one more time
I'd
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show you I love you
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much more than the wine
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Many nights my pillow
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filled these arms of
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mine
For they couldn't
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reach you cause I
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reached for the
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I'm sure you'll find someone who
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will be kind and true
That's the things I wanted but I
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wanted them from you
Our love could have lasted
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until the end of
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time
If I'd reach for you
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baby like I
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reached for the
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Repeat #3
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My arms couldn't
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reach you cause I
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reached for the
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Reached For The Wine?
- The song I Reached For The Wine was sang by Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn.
Who is Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn?
- Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music.In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson's "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his late-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit was "Waltz Across Texas" (1965) (written by his nephew Quanah Talmadge Tubb, known professionally as Billy Talmadge), which became one of his most requested songs and is often used in dance halls throughout Texas during waltz lessons. Tubb recorded duets with the then up-and-coming Loretta Lynn in the early 1960s, including their hit "Sweet Thang". Tubb is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
