{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":79988,"song":"Unwed Fathers","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547891-unwed-fathers-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/79988?type=chord","rating":4.96976,"votes":182,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\nThe song is a 1-4-5 using very basic alternate bass picking.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn an Appalachian  Greyhound station[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe sits there waiting, in a family way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell all the others, I'll write someday.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom an teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nkept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile unwed fathers,  they can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water,  through a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a cold and grey town,  a nurse says “Lay down[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis ain't no playground, and this ain't home”[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeones children, out having children[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin a grey stone building,  all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom an teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nkept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile unwed fathers,  they can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water,  through a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe bows her head down,  humming lullabys[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n“Your daddy never,  meant to hurt you ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe just don't live here,  but you've got his eyes”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom an teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nkept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile unwed fathers,  they can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water,  through a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell they run like water,  through a mountain stream[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\nThe song is a 1-4-5 using very basic alternate bass picking.\n\n\n[Intro]\nG C G  \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nG C  G C  G D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}