Chords for John Prine & Bobby Bare - The Oldest Baby In The World - 1985

John we're about to run out of time, _ but before we do I'd like [A] to thank you for [E] being here tonight
And I'd like to [Ab] I'd like to go [G] home with one of the [F] songs that you and [B] Donnie Fritz wrote
Yeah, great song great song the [D] oldest baby in the world
_ [C] _ _ She got my love child _
_ [F] body
_ peeking over
the [C] hill _ _ _ _ _ _
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She would if she could _ [D] and she should
_ But nobody _
_ [G] _ With _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] her _ nails painted red
And her [Dm] hair so unnatural _
_ [C] _ Curl, _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I think that she may be
[G] the _ _ oldest baby _
_ [C] Your _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] turn now _ _ _ _ [C] she's tasted _ the nightlife _
[F] It's left _ her with nothing [C] but hunger _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And all the available _ _ men _ [D] seem to think _ that they want something [G] young _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] For youth _ is a costume _
_ beauty
_ _ within _ [C] lies unfurled
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
And I [F] think _ that she may be
_ [G] the _ oldest baby _
In [C] the world _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Fast _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] horses win races raw fleshes beat aces
And _ _ everyone's playing _ [A] to [C] keep
_ What do you think?
Till it's [D] turning _ late _
_ _ Like that old baby
_ [G] sleep _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
With [F] her nails painted red _
and her [Dm] hair so unnatural
[A] _
_ [C] _ Curl, _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I think that she may be _
[G] the _ oldest baby _
_ [C] _ _ And _ [B] _ _
[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I think that she may be
[G] the _ oldest baby
_ In the [C] world
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _