D                      G
He was working through college
D               A
On my grandpa's farm
D                   G
I was thirsting for knowledge
D            A
And he had a car
D                                      G
Yeah, I was caught somewhere between a woman and a child
D                            G
One restless summer we found love growing wild
A                              G
On the banks of the river on a well-beaten path
A                                      G
Ain't it funny how those memories they last


[Chorus]
G           D                   A
Like strawberry wine and seventeen
             Em             G
The hot July moon saw everything
                  D         A
My first taste of love, oh bittersweet
                  Em            D
The green on the vine like strawberry wine


[Verse 2]
D       G
I still remember
D               A
When thirty was old
D                         G
My biggest fear was September
D               A
When he had to go
D                               G
A few cards and letters and one long distance call
D                                G
We drifted away like the leaves in the fall
A                                G
But year after year I come back to this place
A                     G
Just to remember the taste


[Chorus]
G       D                   A
Of strawberry wine and seventeen
             Em            G
The hot July moon saw everything
                   D             A
My first taste of love, oh bittersweet
                 Em             D
The green on the vine like strawberry wine


[Bridge]
     G                          G
The fields have grown over now, years since they've seen a plow
G
There's nothing time hasn't touched
Em                      D                    A
Is it really him or the loss of my innocence
                         G
I've been missing so much?


[Chorus]
G          D                  A
Like strawberry wine and seventeen
             Em            G
The hot July moon saw everything
                  D        A
My first taste of love, oh bittersweet
                 Em             D
The green on the vine like strawberry wine