John Prine – He Forgot That It Was Sunday (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de [Intro] A D E A A D E A [Verse]
A                     D
The motel lights were blinkin'

      E                    A
On my chartreuse four door Lincoln

       A                   D
On the dock the fish were stinkin'

         E             E
I simply didn't have a care

         A                     D
And the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels

    E                  A
The children hum their Christmas carols

    A                    D
The train tracks all run parallel

    E                   A
But they'll all meet up one day
[Chorus]
     A              D
On a dusty pew in a vestibule

         E             A
Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

     A               D
He's waiting for the next poor fool

       E               A
Who forgot that it was Sunday
[Verse 2]
A                    D
We used to tell each other lies

     E                  A
With our orange plastic button eyes

     A                D
In a former life on a motel chair

      E                      A
I was Charlie Parker's teddy bear

                       D
Yeah, me and Bird we'd stay up late

  E                 A
I used to watch him contemplate

                            D
While his horn would sit by the window and
E a Wait till it was time for him to blow it [Chorus 2]
     A              D
On a dusty pew in a vestibule

         E             A
Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

     A               D
He's waiting for the next poor fool

       E               A
Who forgot that it was Sunday
[Interlude] D E A D E A [Verse 3]
A                    D
The only song I ever knew

    E                     A
Was "Moonlight Bay on the Avenue"

                             D
These are the tales from the Devil's chin

        E                    A
Charlie I could've been a contender
[Chorus 3]
        A                    D
And the old men sit round the cracker barrels

    E                  A
The children hum their Christmas carols

                         D
The train tracks all run parallel

    E                   A
But they'll all meet up one day
[Chorus 4]
     A              D
On a dusty pew in a vestibule

         E             A
Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

     A               D
He's waiting for the next poor fool

       E               A
Who forgot that it was Sunday

    Bm          E     A      Bm E A
Who forgot that it was Sunday
[Interlude] A D E A A D E A [Chorus 5]
     A              D
On a dusty pew in a vestibule

         E             A
Sits the Devil playing pocket pool

     A               D
He's waiting for the next poor fool

       E               A
Who forgot that it was Sunday
[Interlude] A D E A A D E A [Chorus 6]
        A                    D
And the old men sit round the cracker barrels

    E                  A
The children hum their Christmas carols

                         D
The train tracks all run parallel

    E                   A
But they'll all meet up one day