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Unwed Fathers by John Prine
Unwed Fathers
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[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
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G C G
[Verse]
G C G C
In an App alachian, Greyhound sta tion
G D G
She sits there wa iting, in a family w ay
G C G C
'Goodbye br other, Tell Mom I love h er'
G D G
'Tell all the ot hers, I'll write som eday'
[Chorus]
G C G
From an teenage lo ver, to an unwed mo ther
D D7
Kept undercover, like some bad dr eam
G C G C
While unwed fa thers, they can't be bot hered
G D G
They run like w ater, through a mountain st ream
[Verse]
G C G C
In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'L ay down'
G D G
'This ain't no pla yground, and this ain't h ome'
G C G C
Someone's children, out having chi ldren
G D G
In a grey stone bu ilding, all al one (Repeat Chorus)
[Instrumental]
G C G C G D G
G C G C
On somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Grey hound
G D G
'She bows her h ead down, hummin' lul labys
G C G C
' Your daddy never, meant to hurt you e ver'
G D G
'He just don't li ve here, but you've got his e yes' (Repeat Chorus)
[Outro]
G D G
Well, they run like wa ter, through a mountain str eam
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