{"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":2109565,"song":"Unwed Fathers","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2109565-unwed-fathers-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2109565?type=chord","rating":4.72641,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] N.C.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\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\n'Tell all the others, I'll write someday'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom a teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/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 2]\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\n'This 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\nSomeone's children, out having children[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a grey stone building, they're all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom a teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/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[Instrumental]\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 3]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'She bows her head down, hummin' 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\n'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes' [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom a teenage lover, to an unwed mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/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[Outro]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, they run like water, through a mountain stream[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C G N.C.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n            \n[Instrumental]\nG C G C G D G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D","D7"],"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}