Unwed Fathers

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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....





                                 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)



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-Paul McGinness