Unwed Fathers Chords by John Prine

_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [G] In an Appalachian, [C] _ [G] greyhound station
[C]
She sits [G] there a [D]-weeding in a [G] family way _
Goodbye brother, [C] tell mom [G] I love her
[C]
Tell [G] all the others [D] I'll [G] write someday
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover _ like some [D] bad drunk
While [G] unwed father, [C] they [G] can't be bothered
[C] They run [G] like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream _
In a cold and grey [C] town, a nurse [G] is laid [C] down
This [G] ain't no playground, [D] _ [G] this ain't home _
Someone's children, [C] out [G] having children
[C]
In a [G] greystone [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 father, [C] they [G] can't be bothered
[C]
They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
On _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
to somewhere else bound, [C] a smoky [G] mountain greyhound
[C]
She [G] bows her head [D] down, humming [G] lullabies
Your daddy never [C] meant to [G] hurt you ever
[C]
He [G] just don't live [D] here, but you [G] got his eye
From a [C] teenage lover to an [G] unwed mother
Kept undercover like [D] some bad dream
While [G] unwed father, [C] they [G] can't be bothered
[C]
They [G] run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
They run like water [D] through a [G] mountain stream
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _