From: paulmc@nyc.pipeline.com (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) 
 
 
 
 
 
-- 
-Paul McGinness