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

^FIn an Appalachian, ^FGreyhound ^Fstation ^F She sits there ^Fwaiting, ^Gin a family ^Fway 'Goodbye brother, ^FTell Mom I ^Flove her' ^F 'Tell all the ^Fothers, ^GI'll write some^Fday'

Chorus:

^FFrom an teenage ^Flover, to an unwed ^Fmother kept undercovers, like some bad ^Gdream While unwed ^Ffathers, ^Fthey can't be ^Fbothered ^F They run like ^Fwater, ^Gthrough a mountain ^Fstream

^FIn a cold and grey town, ^Fa nurse say's ^F'Lay down' ^F 'This ain't no ^Fplayground, a^Gnd this ain't ^Fhome' Someones children, ^Fout having ^Fchildren^F in a grey stone ^Fbuilding, a^Gll al-^Fone (Chorus)

^FSome where else bound, ^FSmokey Mountain ^FGreyhound ^F She bows her ^Fhead down, ^Ghumming lulla^Fbys 'Your daddy never, ^Fmeant to hurt you ^Fever' ^F 'he just don't ^Flive here, ^Gbut you've got his^F eyes' (Chorus)

-- -Paul McGinness

John Prine - Unwed fathers