Down By The Side Of The Road

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Down by the Side of the Road - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
Year: 1993
[Intro]
G C G C G C G
G
Her father was a failure
C
Her mother was a comfort
G
To a doctor and a lawyer and Indian Chief.
G
The shirt ran out of buttons
C
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
G
And they went on relief.
C G
The bank took away their diplomas
C G
They locked them up inside of the chest
C G
And she moved away to Oklahoma
A D
And got a tattoo on the side of her breast
G
Goddamn, my socks are still hard
C G
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
C
Yeah, we was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
G
When a shot rang low
D G
And left her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
G
Father have mercy
C
Get her a nurse please
G
She's almost alone
C G
I saw her hand reaching out for the telephone
C G
We'd rather see her locked up inside a home
D G
Than see her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
C G
Headlights flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C G
Yonder comes a truck, it drove by two men.
C G G/F# Em
Shotgun man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A D
Out into the pale moonlight, light, light, light.
G
Too long in the hot sun
C G
She could've be Miss Wisconsin a long time ago
C G
Spent too much time inside of the early show
C G
We'd have bought her a ticket but she didn't want to go
D G
She was standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
C G
Headlights flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C G
Yonder comes a truck, it drove by two men.
C G G/F# Em
Shotgun man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A D
Out into the pale moonlight.
G
Her father was a failure
C
Her mother was a comfort
G
To a doctor and a lawyer and Indian Chief.
G
The shirt ran out of buttons
C
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
G
And they went on relief.
C G
The bank took away their diplomas
C G
They locked them up inside of the chest
C G
And she moved away to Oklahoma
A D
And got a tattoo on the side of her breast
G
Goddamn, my thoughts are still hard
C G
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
C
Yeah, we was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
G
When a shot rang low
D G
And left her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road

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               Down by the Side of the Road - John Prine
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
Year: 1993
[Intro]
G    C  G    C  G    C  G

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