John Prine

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In Spite Of Ourselves

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HIS VERSE She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She looks down her nose at money She gets it on like the Easter Bunny

Angel From Montgomery

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I am an old woman named after my mother. My old man is another child that's grown old. If dreams were lightning and thunder were desire. This old house would've burnt down a long time ago

Sam Stone

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And the time that he served, Had shattered all his nerves, And left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain,

Summers End

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Verse Summer?s end?s around the bend just flying The swimming suits are on the line just drying I?ll meet you there per our conversation I hope I didn?t ruin your whole vacation

Illegal Smile

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When I woke up this morning, things were lookin' bad Seems like total silence is the only friend I have A bowl of oatmeal tried to stare me down... and won And it was twelve o'clock before I realized that I was havin' no fun Ah, but fortunately I have the key to escape reality

Thats The Way That The World Goes Round

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[Verse 1] I know a guy that's got a lot to lose. He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused. He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used. Thinks he own half of this town.

Clay Pigeons

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[Chorus] I'm goin' down to the Greyhound Station, gonna buy a ticket to ride Gonna find that lady with two or three kids and sit down by her side Ride 'til the sun comes up and down around me 'bout two or three times Smokin' cigarettes in the last seat

All The Best

G C F# D D7

I wish you love and happiness I guess I wish you all the best I wish you don't do like I do And ever fall in love with Someone like you Cause if you felt Just like I did

Spanish Pipedream

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Hello In There

D9 D7 G C Am Gmaj7

We had an apartment in the city Me and Loretta liked living there It'd been years since the kids had grown A life of their own and left us alone John and Linda live in Omaha

When I Get To Heaven

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[Chorus] And then I'm gonna get a cocktail: vodka and ginger ale Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the Tilt-A-Whirl 'Cause this old man is goin' to town

Paradise

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When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born. There's a backwards old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn.

Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness

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You come home late and you come home early You come on big when you're feeling small You come home straight and you come home curly Sometimes you don't come home at all.

Sweet Revenge

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I got kicked off of Noah's Ark I turned my cheek to unkind remarks There was two of everything and one of me And when the rains came tumblin down I held my breath and I stood my ground

Linda Goes To Mars

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I just found out yesterday that Linda goes to Mars Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair And look at me across the room as if I wasn't there

Fish And Whistle

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()I been thinking lately about the ()people I ()meet The ()carwash on the ()corner and the ()hole in the street The ()way my ankles hurt with ()shoes on my feet And I'm ()wondering if I'm ()gonna see tom()orrow

Boundless Love

G C D F# G7 a

[Verse 1] I woke up this morning to a garbage truck Looks like this ol' horseshoe's done run out of luck If I came home, would you let me in? Fry me some pork chops and forgive my sin?

Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Anymore

G C D Bb

[Verse 1] While digesting Reader's Digest In the back of a dirty book store, A plastic flag, with gum on the back, Fell out on the floor.

Lonesome Friends Of Science

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[Chorus] The lonesome friends of science say The world will end most any day Well, if it does, then that's okay Cuz I don't live here anyway

Pretty Good

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Well, he calls me up twice a year Just to ask me how'd it go Pretty good, not bad, I can't complain But actually everything is just about the same

Please Don't Bury Me

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Woke up this morning, put on my slippers, Went to the kitchen and died, And, oh, what a feeling when my soul went through the celing And on up in to heaven I did rise! When I got there they did say, "John, it happened this-a-way:

Caravan Of Fools

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[Verse 1] The dark and distant drumming The pounding of the hooves The silence of everything that moves Late at night you’ll see them

Some Humans Ain't Human

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Some humans ain't human Some people ain't kind. You open up their hearts And here's what you'll find. A few frozen pizzas

How Lucky

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[Verse] Today I walked down the street I use to wander, yeah Shook my head and made myself a bet There was all these things

Jesus The Missing Years

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It was raining. It was cold West Bethlehem was no place for a twelve year old So he packed his bags and he headed out To find out what the world's about He went to France, he went to Spain

No Ordinary Blue

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Verse Last night turned on the TV Looked out the window And then pulled down the shades And I came to the conclusion

Egg And Daughter Nite Lincoln Nebraska 1967 Crazy Bone

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“Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska 1967 (Crazy Bone)” By John Prine From the album Tree of Forgiveness The song’s actually in the key of Eb, but I’m guessing He plays it in D with the capo on the 1st fret.

Knockin On Your Screen Door

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[Verse] I ain’t got nobody hangin’ ’round my doorstep. Ain’t got no loose change just a-hangin’ round my jeans. If you see somebody, would you send ’em over my way? I could use some help here with a can of pork and beans.

Souvenirs

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All the snow has turned to water, Christmas days have come and gone. Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on. I hate graveyards and old pawn shops, For they always bring me tears.

Lake Marie

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Donald And Lydia

C G7 F D7 C7

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Small town bright lights Saturday night, Pin balls and pool halls flashing their lights Making change behind a counter in a penny arcade, Sat the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray (spoken) Lydia Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat, behind her small eyes sunk deep in her fat

Long Monday

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Like a honey bee Buzzin' 'round a glass of sweet Chablis Radio's on Windows rolled up And my mind's rolled down

Dear Abby

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Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my feet are too long My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong My friends they all tell me, they're no friends at all Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call

Six O'clock News

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Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one. The father was a stranger and a stranger was the son. Call that child james lewis, call these rooms a home. Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome. Cmon, baby, spend the night with me

The Other Side Of Town

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Why do you always seem to criti cize me Seems like everything I do just turns out wrong Why don't you come on out and des pise me So I could pack my bag and baby I?d be gone

It's A Big Old Goofy World

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Up in the morning, work like a dog Is better than sitting like a bump on a log Mind all your manners, be quiet as a mouse Some day you'll own a home that's as big as a house

God Only Knows

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Verse God only knows the price that you pay For the ones you hurt along the way If I should betray myself today God only knows the price I pay

Unwed Fathers

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From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother Kept undercovers, like some bad dream While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered They run like water, through a mountain stream

Lets Talk Dirty In Hawiian

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I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket For the land of the tall palm tree Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waiki ki I just stepped down from the airplane When I thought I heard her say

I Remember Everything

G D C F# Am A7

[Verse 1] I’ve been down this road before I remember every tree Every single blade of grass Holds a special place for me

Grandpa Was A Carpenter

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Oh, Grandpa wore his suit to dinner nearly every day No particular reason, he just dressed that way Brown necktie with a matching vest and both his wingtip shoes He built a closet on our back porch and put a penny in a burned-out fuse

Sabu Visits The Twin Cities Alone

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The movie wasn't really doing so hot Said the new producer to the old big shot Its dying on the edge of the great Midwest Sabu must tour or forever rest.

Clocks And Spoons

G C D B7 G/F# Em

Clocks and spoons, empty rooms It's raining out tonight What a way to end the day By turnin' out the light Shoot the moon right between the eyes

Picture Show

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A young man from a small town With a very large imagination Lay alone in his room with his radio on Looking for another station When the static from the mouthpiece

Crazy As A Loon

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Back before I was a movie star Straight off of the farm I had a picture of another man's wife Tattooed on my arm With a pack of Camel cigarettes

I Have Met My Love Today

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[Verse 1] I have met my love today I have met my love today Doesn't really matter what we had to say I have met my love today.

The Sins Of Memphisto

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Chorus: From the bells of St Mary To the Count of Monte Cristo Nothing can stop, nothing can stop Nothin can stop the sins of Memphisto

Taking a Walk

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A man came to our house I believe it was yesterday I would have invited him in But I didn't have a lot to say

Christmas In Prison

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It was Christmas in prison And the food was real good We had turkey and pistols Carved out of wood And I dream of her always

The Great Compromise

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I knew a girl who was almost a lady She had a way with all the men in her life Every inch of her blossomed in beauty She was born on the fourth of July

There She Goes

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[Verse] Hey, there she goes Well, I thought she'd never leave, heaven knows You know it sure gives me the creeps You know I went and loved that woman

Quiet Man

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[Verse] Strolling down the highway with my shoes in my hand I don't talk much I'm a quiet man Beauty and silence both run deep And I'm running like crazy while you are asleep

Mexican Home

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[Verse 1] It got so hot, last night, I swear You couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burnt the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without my shoes

One Red Rose

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Rain came down on the tin roof hardly a sound was left From the birthday the kitchen light fell asleep on the bedroom floor Me and her were talking softer than all the time before I lost her Her picture sat on top of the chest-of-drawers CHORUS: ONE RED ROSE IN THE BIBLE PRESSED BETWEEN THE HOLY ALPHABET

The Hobo Song

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There was a time, when lonely men would wander; Through this land, rolling endlessly along. So many times, I've heard of their sad stories; Written in the words of dead men's songs.

Everything Is Cool

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Everything is cool Everything's okay Why just before last Christmas My baby went away Across the sea to an island

Killing The Blues

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Chorus: Somebody said they saw me Swinging the world by the tail Bouncing over a white cloud. Killing the Blues

Onomatopoeia

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[Verse 1] Forty-five minutes fifty-five cents Sixty-five agents sitting on a fence Singing, hey little brother Look what we got for you

Common Sense

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[Verse 1] You can't live together You can't live alone Considering the weather Oh my, how you've grown

Aint Hurtin No Body

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INTRO: I'm walkin' down the street like Lucky LaRue. Got my hand in my pocket, I'm thinkin' 'bout you. I ain't hurtin' nobody,

Thats How Every Empire Falls

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He caught a train from Alexandria Just a broken man in flight Running scared with all his devils Saying prayers all through the night But mercy can't find him

Rocky Mountain Time

G C D F B A

Chorus: The clock played drums, And I hummed the sax. And the wind whistled down, The railroad tracks. Hey three for a quarter, One for a dime. I'll bet it's tomorrow, By Rocky Mountain time.

Down By The Side Of The Road

G C D A F# Em

Her Father was a failure Her Mother was a comfort To a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief. The shirt ran out of buttons He lost all his marbles at a baseball game

A Good Time

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[Verse 1] Time was once just a clock to me And life was just a book a biography Success was something you just had to be And I would spend myself unknowingly

Everybody

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While out sailing on the ocean While out sailing on the sea I bumped into the Saviour And He said pardon me I said Jesus you look tired

Living In The Future

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Jehosaphat the mongrel cat Jumped off the roof today Some say he fell but I could tell He did himself away His eyes weren't bright like they were the night

Blue Umbrella

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Artist: John Prine SONG:BLUE UMBRELLA Capo 3 NOTE: THIS IS THE WAY I'VE SEEN JOHN PLAY IT LIVE

Daddys Little Pumpkin

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You must be daddy's little pumpkin I can tell by the way you roll You must be daddy's little pumpkin I can tell by the way you roll Well, it's quarter past eleven

Were Not The Jet Set

C F G Em Gm G7

By a fountain back in Rome I fell in love with you In a small cafe in Athens You said you loved me too And it was April in Paris when I first held you close to me Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas And Paris, Tennessee

Come Back To Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard

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[Verse 1] The last time that I saw her She was standing in the rain With her overcoat under her arm Leaning on a horsehead cane

Quit Hollerin At Me

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I don''t want your big french fry, I don''t want your car I don''t want to buy no soap, from no washed up movie star You are so much louder, than the show I wanna hear With your sugarless gum, gee but I''m dumb, non-alcoholic beer It''s enough to make a grown man blow up his own TV

Flashback Blues

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[Verse 1] While window shopping through the past I ran across a looking glass Reflecting moments remaining in a burned out light Tragic magic prayers of passion

This Love Is Real

G D A C Bm

I can taste your lipstick in the wine, I can feel your heartbeat close to mine. With your love wrapped around me, I'm silent and still. I know that this love is real. I have tasted other lips I thought were true,

Sour Grapes

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I don't care if the sun don't shine But it better or people will wonder And I dont mind if it ever quits rainin' Cept the kids are afraid of the thunder

Late John Garfield Blues

G C D G7 A B7

[Verse 1] Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed its weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western trait

She Is My Everything

G C D Bm Dsus4 A7

She is my everything From her suntanned shoulders down to the freckles on her wedding ring Her feet is so warm, they can melt the snow in the early spring She is my everything

Youve Got Gold

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I've got a new way of walking and a new way of talking Honey, when I'm around you. But it gives me the blues, when I've got some good news And you're not there to bring it to.

Crooked Piece Of Time

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[Verse] Things got rough, things got tough, Things got harder than hard We were just tryin' to make a living In our back yard

Storm Windows

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[Verse] I can hear the wheels of the automobiles So f ar away - just m oving along through the dr ifting snow It's times like these when the temperatures freeze I sit alone loo king at the world through a st orm window

Everybody Wants To Feel Like You

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GI wake Dup to clCock that's ringing GBirds are sinDging on my telCephone line GI work all dDay and I chCase my woman GWhy don't she chDase Cme sometime?

My Happiness

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[Verse] Evening shadows make me blue When each weary day is through How I long to be with you My happiness

Day Is Done

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Do you like me? Well I hope you do, Cause if you like me, then I think I'm gonna have to like you too. We'll share our things, and have some fun, Then we'll say goodbye, and go back home when the day is done. If you tell me, I'll tell you too.

If You Dont Want My Love

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If you don't want my love If you don't want my love If you don't want my love I know who I'll give it to

He Was In Heaven Before He Died

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[Verse 1] There's a rainbow of babies Draped over the graveyard Where all the dead sailors Wait for their brides

Way Back Then

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[Verse] Night is falling We're doing the things we do You are acting just like me I'm acting just like you

New Train

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[Verse 1] Full blown silence in an empty room A former bride and a former groom A folding table and a folding chair A folded hand of poker there

Wedding Day In Funeralville

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Verse It's wedding day in Funeralville Your soup spoon's on your right The King and Queen will alternate With the refrigerator light

Remember Me When Candlelights Are Gleaming

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[Verse] The sweetest songs belong to lovers in the gloaming The sweetest days are the days that used to be The saddest words I've ever heard Were words of parting

Diamonds In The Rough

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While walking out one evening, Not knowing where to go Just to pass the time away Before we held our show

Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You

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Oh I get drunk most every night Seems like all we do is fight The more I drink The less I feel blue Sometimes I feel like an awful fool

Glory Of True Love

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[Verse 1] Oh the glory of true love Is a wild and precious thing It don't grow on old magnolias Or only blossom in the spring

Saddle In The Rain

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[Verse] I wish, I hope, I wonder Where you're at so metimes Is y our back against the wall? Or just ac ross the line

Humidity Built The Snowman

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D}oes he still think about h}er }Why there was never really any do}ubt E}very time he lights a can}dle }Or blows a candle o}ut }The scientific n}ature of the ord}inary m}an

In A Town This Size

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In a town this size (Key of D) John Prine & Delores Keane (Irish singer of all people - she sounded Cajun in this!) The intro is kind of cool pickin. The chords and singing are a great wind down from a Of drinkin and smokin. I'm trying to figure it out, likely if I do I'll never get to It. If ANYONE out there has it !PLEASE! post it and save me some trouble. I think it's

The Frying Pan

A D E

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[Verse 1] I come home from work this evenin' There was a note in the frying pan It said fix your own supper babe I run off with the Fuller Brush man

Nine Pound Hammer

G D7 C7

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[Verse 1] This nine pound hammer Is a little too heavy Buddy for my size size size Buddy for my size

Great Rain

Em A G Bm

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Verse 1 Great rain great rain I thought I heard you call my name Great rain great rain I thought I heard you call my name

Silent Night All Day Long

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Verse 1 There's a pine tree in a window in a house on a hill With a tree top angel sitting perfectly still She's watching the shoppers walk through the snow With their arms full of treasures and their hearts all aglow

Falling In Love Again

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[Verse 1] Falling in love again Never wanted to What am I to do? I can't help it

Aw-heck

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I could be as happy as a sardine in a can Long as I got my woman I could run stark naked and live in and old oak tree Just as long as she's with me My woman.

Billy The Bum

F C Bb

Billy the bum lived by the thumb and sang of the hobo's delight He'd prove he could run twice as fast as the sun By losing his shadow at night Now he loved every girl in this curly headed world But no one will know it seems

Often Is A Word I Seldom Use

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[Verse 1] I know that you're sad I know that you're lonely You lie awake till way past when I want you to know

Iron Ore Betty

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We receive our mail in the same mailbox And we watch the same T.V. I got rug burns on my elbows She's got 'em on her knees. Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty

All The Way With You

G D C Em Bb

***This was normally in the key of Ive put it in the key of And play it with Capo on 3. INTRO:

Mental Cruelty

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[Chorus] Mental cruelty, that's what I heard him say Mental cruelty, to the judge that day I sat there in silence so he could be free And listened to his lying words, mental cruelty

Look At Us

F C C7 F7 Bb G

Verse: 1 Look at us After all these years together Look at us After all that we've been through

Unlonely

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[Verse] You make me unlonely I feel like the only Person in the world That ever had a girl

Only Love

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[Verse 1] You may live alone and close your eyes Some folks do You may dream a dream that's twice your size All night through

Same Thing Happened To Me

E B7 A E6

Someone, someone take a hold of my hand Looks like somethin' chased you up a tree Same thing, same thing happened to me Same thing, same thing happened to me

Space Monkey

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[Chorus] Space Monkey, Space Monkey What you doing out there? Why it's dark as a dungeon way up in the air

We Are The Lonely

G C C7 A a D

[]own the hall upstairs from from me[] [] There's [] girl I swear I never see[] [] I h[]ear the ringing of her phone[] [] She m[]ust live up there all alone[] [] She h[]angs her clothes out on the line[] []

We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds

G D7 G7 C D A

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Artist: John Prine Album: In Spite of Ourselves Year: 1999 3/4 time

Milwaukee Here I Come

G C D A

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Chorus: I'm gonna get on that old turnpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town til you decide Which one you want the most them Opry stars or me Milwaukee here I come from Nashville Tennessee

The Bottomless Lake

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Here's the story of a man and his family And a b ig trip that they to ok Well, I heard all about in a restaurant And I r ead it in a history bo ok They r ented a car at the E rie Canal

I Want To Be With You Always

G D C G7

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I Want to Be With You Always Written by Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck From the album "The Missing Years" Tabbed 7/1/05 CAPO I

Middleman

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Verse 1 I was sitting in a diner with a girl named Flo She wouldn't say yes, but she couldn't say no She said, "Darling, can I get a middle man?" She was engaged to a fellow on the lay-a-way plan

Way Down

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[Chorus] Way down Way down it must be I can't stop this misery It must be way down

When Two Worlds Collide

A E B F#m D F#M

Your world was so different from mine, don't you see And we couldn't be close, though we tried We both reached for heavens, but ours weren't the same. That's what happens when two worlds collide

The Torch Singer

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The night club was burning From the torch singer's song And the sweat was flooding her eyes The catwalk squeaked Neath the bartender's feet

The Moon Is Down

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The moon is down All over town The forecast is grey Now that she's gone away

Love Love Love

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Verse He stumbled through the alley with his long coat on Nothing but a bottle in his hand She sat in her apartment lonesome to the bone Wondering what had happened to her man

People Puttin' People Down

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People who are sad, sometimes they wear a frown And people who are kings, sometimes they wear a crown But all the people who don't fit get the only fun they get From people puttin' people down, people puttin' people down

Beautiful World

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Some of us spend hours In front of a Friday night mirror Trying to figure out the kinda world Where the beautiful prosper

I Hate It When That Happens To Me

G D C A7 A B

[Verse 1] Well I once knew a man who was going insane He let love chase him right up a tree It took the police and a fire truck Just to bring him back down

Wedding Bellslets Turn Back The Years

C G F D

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I got the invitation that you sent me, You wanted me to see you change your name I couldn't stand to see you wed another But dear I hope you're happy just the same

You Never Can Tell

B F#

[Verse 1] It was a teenage wedding And the old folks wished 'em well You could see that Pierre Did truly love the Mademoiselle

Lets Invite Them Over

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I know why you're lonely And I know why you're blue You're lonesome to see him And you long to see her too We're not in love with each other

Take A Look At My Heart

A E D F#m G

I seen my old lady's boyfri end He don't look nothing like me 'Cept for a bit of confus ion Same kind she laid on m e

Morning Train

D G A E7 E

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Singing a song in your pickup truck You put me on a morning train You put me on a morning train Ain't no need to explain You put me on a morning train

So Sad To Watch Good Love Go Bad

A D Bm E F#m B

[Verse 1] We used to have good times together But now I feel them slip away It makes me cry to see love die So sad to watch good love go bad

Its Happening To You

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And girl meets boy They carry on They close their eyes And kiss until the world is gone Oh yes it's true

My Old Kentucky Home Goodnight

C F G D

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[Verse 1] Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, the old folks are gay Where the corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom While the birds make music all the day

Out Of Love

D A G

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Intro: Barley malts and does eat oats and little girls are lively And your liveliness has left me in a brew

This Guitar Is For Sale

C F G7 E/F G

This is a rather basic version of the song, I figured it out myself after hearing the song. The original lyrics are a Shel Silverstein poem, and the song is from a tribute album that was made shortly Following Shels death. *capo on second fret* This guitar is for sale.

Forbidden Jimmy

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Forbidden Jimmy Has got a mighty sore tooth From biting too many dimes In a telephone booth

Aimless Love

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Intro:} }He's just a small fry. A bit too g}un shy. To have his }heart touched without a }glove He looks at }strangers as potential da}ngers Trying to S}teal his }aimless l}ove.

The Oldest Baby In The World

C F G D B Am

She's got the mind of a child And a body peaking over the hill Well she would if she could And she should but nobody will With her nails painted red

I Love You So Much It Hurts

C G D7 G7 F B7

[Verse 1] C6 Caug C I love you so much it hurts me Darlin that's why I'm so blue I'm so afraid to go to bed at night

Bear Creek Blues

D G A

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Bear Creek Blues - John Prine Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: [email protected]

If She Were You

G D B7 C A7 D7

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Verse Well, every time I try to love another I never know exactly what to do I'd like to tell her just how much I want her And I could find the way if she were you

Be My Friend Tonight

D G A7 A E7

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I threw a party. Nobody came I bought all the tickets. They cancelled the game. I give you my picture. It didn't fit your frame Be my friend tonight

Slow Boat To China

E A B7

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[Verse] Let's take a slow boat to China, Leave from South Carolina Let's take our time and go the long way On a junk boat to Thailand

My Darlin Hometown

D A7 Em G E

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Far away over the sea There's a river that's calling to me That river she runs all around The place that I call my hometown

Automobile

E B A

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February morning, my car won't start today I turned the key at 8:03 and the battery passed away Inside a' my automobile I want my automobile I want my automobile

Til A Tear Becomes A Rose

E B7 A

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Darling, I can see the clouds around you And in your heart I know a sorrow grows But if you weep I'll be right here to hold you 'Til each tear you cry becomes a rose

Stick A Needle In My Eye

E A B G D B7

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I'm awfully tired of the same old business Kiss the babies, make 'em cry I'm only lookin' for one good woman Cross my heart and hope to die Stick a needle in my eye, eye, eye

Bad Boy

G D C A

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[Verse 1] I been a bad boy, I been long gone I been out there, I never phone home I never gave you not one little clue where I'd been I've been a bad boy again.

That Close To You

D A E G F#m A7

Verse Like a bolt of lightning Like a bolt of thunder Like a cloudy day Down at the zoo

Somewhere Someones Falling In Love

F Bb C7 G7 C A7

Verse 1 Well, I got time on my hands and I got you on my mind And the moon and the stars up above There's a warm summer breeze Blowing down through the trees

Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age

D A G E7

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Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age : John Prine Standard Songs for Average People Chords tabbed by: Verne Garrison Banjo tuned E, Key of D, Capo 1

Sailin Around

G D C

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Sailin' around, Sailin' around, Sailin' around I've been out sailin' around again I've been sailin' around But I can't get back to you

We Could

A D E

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When you're in my arms I know you're happy to be there And just as long as I'm with you I'm happy anywhere

I Know One

D A G A7 D7

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[Verse 1] When all your loves have ended When all your friends have flown Who'll be around to want you When all your loves have gone

All Night Blue

D A E

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“All Night Blue” John Prine From the album Storm Windows Written by Ava Aldridge and Cindy Richardson

Big Fat Love

D {D {%A A G E

}It stated out }When she was small }She was premature <u>A</u>}She wasn't nothing at all <u>D</u> }Two pounds six ounces

Sleepy Eyed Boy

D G A

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To lift myself up? Where is the well Where I once filled my cup? Where does this sorrow All turn into joy?

Its A Cheating Situation

E A B7 D

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It's a cheating situa tion A stealing invita tion To take what's not really ours To make it through the midn ight hours It's a cheating situa tion

I Had A Dream

A E D

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I had a dream last night Last night I had a dream Everything was black and white And it smelled like gasoline We stood in the corner, and I held you tight

Dual Custody

D G A

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That's my toaster over there It was mine before we married I bought it fair and square And that's my purple persian, oriental, polyester, continental rug on the floor Pots and pans and ugly dishes, one old dog and two goldfishes

Back Street Affair

D A G

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[Verse 1] You didn't know I wasn't free When you fell in love with me And with all your young heart you learned to care It brought you shame and disgrace

Leave The Lights On

E B7 A a b

[E]Feeling kind of boney On the telephoney Talking to Marconi Eating Rice-A-Roni [A]Nominated for Tony

Me Myself And I

C F G D7 G7 C7

[Verse] Well, tonight I'll throw a party And I know who I'll invite There's a strange and lonely person With whom I'll spend this night

Loose Talk

C G F

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So long we've been married Life's burdens we carried Though faith kept us humble and made our love true But plans that we make up Someone seems to break up

If I Could

G C D A

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[Verse 1] If I could make my living going fishing Then I would make my living with a line and pole Put food on the table pay the money to the landlord Buy some working clothes

Dear Abby (ver.2)

A D E B

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Dear Abby, Dear Abby, my feet are too long, My hair's falling out and my rights are all wrong, My friends, they all tell me they're no friends at all. Won't you write me a letter, won't you give me a call?

You Mean So Much To Me

C G F Em7 Am E7

[Verse] A girl meets a guy Am Csus C A car passes by The moon shines down on a tree

A Star A Jewel And A Hoax

F C G

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[Verse 1] He’s a star but he didn’t get as far As those who idolized his ways and means To prepare themselves to be better human beings Well they understood more than he had meant to say

Blue Eyed Elaine

E A F#7 B7 C#

[Verse 1] Side by side we'll roll along sweetheart you and I And to you I'll sing this song as the years go passing by Times may be good or they may be bad but you'll never frown I couldn't find a sweeter pal if I'd search the whole world around

Just Waitin

G C D

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[Verse 1] The old maid's waitin' for leap year to come The crooner's just waitin' to sing The old cow's standin' by the Bull Durham sign Just waitin' for the grass to turn green

Death Of Floyd Collins

C G F D

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[Verse] Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave