From: paulmc@nyc.pipeline.com (Paul McGinness) Subject: CRDS: UnWED FATHERS (Prine) The song is a 1-4-5 using very basic alternate bass picking. Enjoy. If you have any Prine or Steve Goodman in your 'puter please send them along.... Unwed Fathers by John Prine

^GIn an Appalachian, ^CGreyhound ^Gstation ^C She sits there ^Gwaiting, ^Din a family ^Gway 'Goodbye brother, ^CTell Mom I ^Glove her' ^C 'Tell all the ^Gothers, ^DI'll write some^Gday'

Chorus:

^GFrom an teenage ^Clover, to an unwed ^Gmother kept undercovers, like some bad ^Ddream While unwed ^Gfathers, ^Cthey can't be ^Gbothered ^C They run like ^Gwater, ^Dthrough a mountain ^Gstream

^GIn a cold and grey town, ^Ca nurse say's ^G'Lay down' ^C 'This ain't no ^Gplayground, a^Dnd this ain't ^Ghome' Someones children, ^Cout having ^Gchildren^C in a grey stone ^Gbuilding, a^Dll al-^Gone (Chorus)

^GSome where else bound, ^CSmokey Mountain ^GGreyhound ^C She bows her ^Ghead down, ^Dhumming lulla^Gbys 'Your daddy never, ^Cmeant to hurt you ^Gever' ^C 'he just don't ^Glive here, ^Dbut you've got his^G eyes' (Chorus)

-- -Paul McGinness

John Prine - Unwed fathers