Unwed Fathers(Chords)

	        
Intro: C F C F C G C 

  
verse 1 

                  F          C        F 
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station 
              C       G            C 
You sit there waiting, in a family way 
                 F           C         F 
'Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her 
              C      G               C        F    C  F   C 
'Tell all the others, I'll write someday' 

               F                  C 
From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother 
                                 G 
Head under covers, like some bad dream 
            C       F              C         F 
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered 
              C     G                C 
They run like water, from a mountain stream
 

Instrumental 

C   F  C    F  C    G  C   x2 

verse 2 

                        F                C          F 
In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's, 'Lay down' 
               C          G               C 
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home' 
                   F           C         F 
Someone's children, out having children 
                C        G     C 
In a grey stone building, all alone  

               F                  C 
From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother 
                                 G 
Head under covers, like some bad dream 
            C       F              C         F 
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered 
              C     G                C 
They run like water, from a mountain stream 


Interlude 

C   F  C    F  C    G  C 

verse 3 

                     F                C          F 
Somewhere else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound 
             C         G             C 
She bows her head down, singing lullabies 
                 F                  C     F 
'Your daddy never meant to hurt you ever 
               C         G                   C 
'He just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'
	        

Written by Bobby Braddock/John Prine