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Spanish Pipedream

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For Bass or Travis picking:
  play "G" chord as: G ,  G/B , repeat once
  play "C" chord as: C ,  C/G , repeat once
  play "D" chord as: D ,  D/A , repeat once
[Chords]
   G320003
 G/Bx20003
   Cx32010
 C/G3x2010
   Dxx0232
 D/Ax00232
 G6/Dxx0000
[Intro]
G  G6/D  G  G6/D
G  G6/D  G
[Verse 1]                
G6/DShe was a Glevel headed dancer on the Croad to alcohol.
And D7I was just a soldier on my way to MontreGal.
Well she Gpressed her chest against me,
About the Ctime the jukebox broke.
Yeah, she D7gave me a peck on the back of the neck,
And these are the words she Gspoke.
[Chorus 1]
Blow up your GT.V.. Throw away your paper.
Go to the Dcountry.  Build you a Ghome.
Plant a little Ggarden.  Eat a lotta peaches.
Try an find DJesus,  on your Gown.
[Verse 2]
Well, I Gsat there at the table, and I Cacted real naive.
For I D7knew that topless lady, had something up her sGleeve.
Well, she Gdanced around the bar room, and she Cdid the hoochy-coo.
                                                         D7    GN.C.
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do.
[Chorus 2]
N.C.         G  
Blow up your T.V.  Throw away your paper.
Go to the Dcountry.  Build you a Ghome.
Plant a little Ggarden.  Eat a lot of peaches.
Try an' find DJesus, on your Gown.
[Solo]
D      G      D      G
C      G      D      G
[Verse 3]
Well, GI was young and hungry, and aCbout to leave that place.
When D7just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the Gface.
I said "GYou must know the answer".  She said "CNo but I'll give it a try".
And to D7this very day, we've been livin' our way. 
                         GN.C.
And here is the reason why.
[Chorus 3]
N.C.           G  
We blew up our T.V.  Threw away our paper.
Went to the Dcountry, built us a Ghome.
Had a lot of Gchildren, fed 'em on peaches.
They all found DJesus, on their Gown.C  G  
[Tag]
               D               G    C  G

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Spanish Pipedream

by John Prine

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

C/G

D/A

G6/D

For Bass or Travis picking:

play "G" chord as: G , G/B , repeat once

play "C" chord as: C , C/G , repeat once

play "D" chord as: D , D/A , repeat once

[Chords]

320003

G/B

x20003

x32010

C/G

3x2010

xx0232

D/A

x00232

G6/D

xx0000

[Intro]

G G6/D G G6/D

G G6/D G

[Verse 1]

G6/D G C

She was a level headed dancer on the road to alcohol.

D7 G

And I was just a soldier on my way to Montreal.

Well she pressed her chest against me,

About the time the jukebox broke.

Yeah, she gave me a peck on the back of the neck,

And these are the words she spoke.

[Chorus 1]

Blow up your T.V.. Throw away your paper.

D G

Go to the country. Build you a home.

Plant a little garden. Eat a lotta peaches.

D G

Try an find Jesus, on your own.

[Verse 2]

G C

Well, I sat there at the table, and I acted real naive.

D7 G

For I knew that topless lady, had something up her sleeve.

G C

Well, she danced around the bar room, and she did the hoochy-coo.

D7 G

N.C.

Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do.

[Chorus 2]

N.C.

Blow up your T.V. Throw away your paper.

D G

Go to the country. Build you a home.

Plant a little garden. Eat a lot of peaches.

D G

Try an' find Jesus, on your own.

[Solo]

D G D G

C G D G

[Verse 3]

G C

Well, I was young and hungry, and about to leave that place.

D7 G

When just as I was leavin', well she looked me in the face.

G C

I said "You must know the answer". She said "No but I'll give it a try".

And to this very day, we've been livin' our way.

N.C.

And here is the reason why.

[Chorus 3]

N.C.

We blew up our T.V. Threw away our paper.

D G

Went to the country, built us a home.

Had a lot of children, fed 'em on peaches.

D G C G

They all found Jesus, on their own.

[Tag]

D G C G

About Spanish Pipedream Chords by John Prine

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What key is "Spanish Pipedream" in?

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