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Thread #90854   Message #1725068
Posted By: Peace
23-Apr-06 - 12:27 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: I Just Want to Dance with You (John Prine
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: UNWED FATHERS (John Prine)
All I could find for now.
                                 Unwed Fathers
                                 by John Prine

          G                  C         G       C
          In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
                         G       D          G
          She sits there waiting, in a family way
                            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
                                          D
          kept undercovers, 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                        C             G          C
          In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'Lay down'
                         G            D             G
          'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'
                            C          G       C
          Someones children, out having children
                         G          D    G
          in a grey stone building, all al-one
          (Chorus)

          G                      C               G         C
          Some where else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound
                      G          D            G
          She bows her head down, humming lullabys
                            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)