John Prine – Clay Pigeons (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] G C G D G C G D G [Verse 1]
          G                                          C
I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna buy a ticket to ride

      G                                             D
Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side

G                                                   C
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me 'bout two or three times

        G
Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat

        D
Sing my song for the people I meet

        G
And get along with it all

          C
where the people say "y'all"

       G
Sing a song with a friend

           D
Change the shape that I'm in,

        G
And get back in the game,

          C             G  D
And start playin' again
[Verse 2]
    G                                            C
I'd like to stay but I might have to go to start over again

      G                                                 D
Might go back down to Texas, might go to somewhere that I've never been

    G
And get up in the mornin' and go out at night

            C
And I won't have to go home

            G
Get used to bein' alone

           D
Change the words to this song

      G            C   G  D
Start singin' again
[Instrumental] G C G D G C G D G [Verse 3]
             G                                                     C
I'm tired of runnin' round lookin' for answers to questions that I already know

        G                                          D
I could build me a castle of memories just to have somewhere to go

          G                                                    C
Count the days and the nights that it takes to get back in the saddle again

         G
Feed the pigeons some clay

         D
Turn the night into day

      G                      C               G  D
Start talkin' again, when I know what to say
[Instrumental] G C G D G C G D G [Verse 4]
          G                                          C
I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna buy a ticket to ride

      G                                             D
Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side

G                                                   C
Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me 'bout two or three times

        G
Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat

        D
Sing my song for the people I meet

        G
And get along with it all

          C
where the people say "y'all"

         G
Feed the pigeons some clay

         D
Turn the night into day

      G                     C                G  D
Start talkin' again, when I know what to say
[Outro] G C G D G