Chords for John Prine - Unwed Fathers - Aimless Love
Tempo:
66.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G] [G] In an [C] Appalachian, [G] greyhound station
[C] She [G] sits there a [D]-waitin' in [G] a family way
Goodbye brother, [C] tell [G] mom I love [C] her
Tell [G] all the [D] others [G] I'll write some day
[C] From a teenage lover to [G] an unwed mother
[D] Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
[G] While unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
In a cold and grey [C] town, a [G] nurse is laid [C] down
This [G] ain't no playground, [D] [G] this ain't home
Someone's [C] children, out [G] having [C] children
In a [G] grey stone [D] building, [G] all alone
From [C] a teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
While [G] unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G] On a somewhere else's bench, [C] a smoky mountain [G] greyhound
[C] She bows [G] her head down, [D] humming [G] lullaby
Your daddy never [C] meant to hurt [G] you ever
[C] You just [G] don't live [D] here, but you got [G] his eye
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like some [D] bad dream
While unwed [G] fathers, [C] they can't [G] be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
Well they run like [C] water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
[C] She [G] sits there a [D]-waitin' in [G] a family way
Goodbye brother, [C] tell [G] mom I love [C] her
Tell [G] all the [D] others [G] I'll write some day
[C] From a teenage lover to [G] an unwed mother
[D] Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
[G] While unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
In a cold and grey [C] town, a [G] nurse is laid [C] down
This [G] ain't no playground, [D] [G] this ain't home
Someone's [C] children, out [G] having [C] children
In a [G] grey stone [D] building, [G] all alone
From [C] a teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
While [G] unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
[C] [G] [C]
[G] [D] [G] On a somewhere else's bench, [C] a smoky mountain [G] greyhound
[C] She bows [G] her head down, [D] humming [G] lullaby
Your daddy never [C] meant to hurt [G] you ever
[C] You just [G] don't live [D] here, but you got [G] his eye
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like some [D] bad dream
While unwed [G] fathers, [C] they can't [G] be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
Well they run like [C] water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
Key:
G
C
D
A
G
C
D
A
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [G] In an _ [C] Appalachian, [G] greyhound station
[C] She [G] sits there a [D]-waitin' in [G] a family way _
Goodbye brother, [C] tell [G] mom I love [C] her
Tell [G] all the [D] others [G] I'll write some day _
[C] From a teenage lover to [G] an unwed mother
[D] Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream _
[G] While unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
In a cold and grey [C] town, a [G] nurse is laid [C] down
This [G] ain't no playground, [D] _ [G] this ain't home _ _
Someone's [C] children, out [G] having [C] children
In a [G] grey stone [D] building, [G] all alone
From [C] a teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
While [G] unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ On a somewhere else's bench, [C] a smoky mountain [G] greyhound
[C] She bows [G] her head down, [D] humming [G] lullaby
_ Your daddy never [C] meant to hurt [G] you ever
[C] You just [G] don't live [D] here, but you got [G] his eye
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover _ like some [D] bad dream
_ While unwed [G] fathers, [C] they can't [G] be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
Well they run like [C] water [D] through a mountain [G] stream _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] She [G] sits there a [D]-waitin' in [G] a family way _
Goodbye brother, [C] tell [G] mom I love [C] her
Tell [G] all the [D] others [G] I'll write some day _
[C] From a teenage lover to [G] an unwed mother
[D] Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream _
[G] While unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
In a cold and grey [C] town, a [G] nurse is laid [C] down
This [G] ain't no playground, [D] _ [G] this ain't home _ _
Someone's [C] children, out [G] having [C] children
In a [G] grey stone [D] building, [G] all alone
From [C] a teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
While [G] unwed fathers, [C] they [G] can't be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ On a somewhere else's bench, [C] a smoky mountain [G] greyhound
[C] She bows [G] her head down, [D] humming [G] lullaby
_ Your daddy never [C] meant to hurt [G] you ever
[C] You just [G] don't live [D] here, but you got [G] his eye
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover _ like some [D] bad dream
_ While unwed [G] fathers, [C] they can't [G] be fathers
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a mountain [G] stream
Well they run like [C] water [D] through a mountain [G] stream _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _