{"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":738728,"song":"The Accident","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/738728-the-accident-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/738728?type=chord","rating":4.71713,"votes":54,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                        The Accident  - John Prine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S.\r\nEmail: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nArtist: John Prine\r\nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\r\nYear: 1973\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLast night I saw an accident[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\non the corner of Third and Green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo cars collided and I got excited[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\njust being part of that scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was Mrs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPamela, was driving the car[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey got hit by a man in a light blue sedan[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho had obviously been to a bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't know how lucky they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey could have run into that tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot struck by a bolt of lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand raped by a minority[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was a four way stop dilemma[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all arrived the same time[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI yielded to the man to the right of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he yielded it right back to mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the yield went around and around and around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntill Pamela finally tried[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust then the man in the light blue sedan[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhit Pamela's passenger side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't know how lucky they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey could have run into that tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot struck by a bolt of lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand raped by a minority[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nPamela hit her head on the mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMrs Walker got a bump on the knee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe man hit himself in the face and said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy does this happen to me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe neighbors came out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand they gathered about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nsaying Hey! who hit who anyway?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the police arrived at a quarter to five[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand pronounced all the victims okay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't know how lucky they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey could have run into that tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot struck by a bolt of lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand raped by a minority[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                        The Accident  - John Prine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Dave S.\nEmail: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com\n\nArtist: John Prine\nAlbum: Sweet Revenge\nYear: 1973\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","A7","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]}}}