John Prine – Unwed Fathers (Guitar)
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From: [email protected] (Paul McGinness)
Subject: CRDS: UnWED FATHERS (Prine)
The song is a 1-4-5 using very basic alternate bass picking.
Enjoy. If you have any Prine or Steve Goodman in your
'puter please send them along....
[Intro]
G C G
[Verse]
G C G C In an Appalachian Greyhound station G D G She sits there waiting, in a family way G C G C “Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her G D G Tell all the others, I'll write someday.”
[Chorus]
G C G From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother G D kept undercover, like some bad dream G C G C While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered G D G They run like water, through a mountain stream
[Verse]
G C G C In a cold and grey town, a nurse says “Lay down G D G This ain't no playground, and this ain't home” G C G C Someones children, out having children G D G in a grey stone building, all alone
[Chorus]
G C G From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother G D kept undercover, like some bad dream G C G C While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered G D G They run like water, through a mountain stream
[Break]
G C G C G D G
[Verse]
G C G C On a somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound G D G She bows her head down, humming lullabys G C G C “Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever G D G He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes”
[Chorus]
G C G From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother G D kept undercover, like some bad dream G C G C While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered G D G They run like water, through a mountain stream G D G D G Well they run like water, through a mountain stream