{"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":2129363,"song":"Unwed Fathers","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129363-unwed-fathers-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129363?type=chord","rating":4.82914,"votes":6,"content":"\"Unwed Fathers\" by Johnny Cash from the album \"Rainbow\" (1985)\r\n\r\nBass runs down to the Em chords are common (i.e. G F# Em), as well as leading up to the C chords.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x4\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn an Appalachian, Greyhound station[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe sits there waiting, in a family way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell all the others, I'll write someday\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\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]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd unwed fathers, can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water, in a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Turnaround]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a cold and gray town, the nurse says \"Lay down\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"This ain't no playground, and you ain't home\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone's children, are having children[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a cold gray building, all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\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]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a teenage father, can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water, in a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn somewhere else bound, midnight Greyhound[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe hangs her head down, and hums a lullaby[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nScared half crazy, she holds her baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe says I think maybe, you got your daddy's 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]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKept undercover, like some bad dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd unwed fathers, can't be bothered[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey run like water, in a mountain stream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"\"Unwed Fathers\" by Johnny Cash from the album \"Rainbow\" (1985)\n\nBass runs down to the Em chords are common (i.e. G F# Em), as well as leading up to the C chords.\n\n\n[Intro]\nG G G G  x4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Turnaround]\nEm Em D D | G G G G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG G G C | G G G G | Em Em D D | G G G G  x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm Em D D | G D G","chords":["Em","G","F","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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}