Unwed Fathers – Johnny Cash
Nghệ sĩ: Johnny Cash
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"Unwed Fathers" by Johnny Cash from the album "Rainbow" (1985)
Bass runs down to the Em chords are common (i.e. G F# Em), as well as leading up to the C chords.
Intro
x4
Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
She sits there waiting, in a family way
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
"Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Tell all the others, I'll write someday"
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And unwed fathers, can't be bothered
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
They run like water, in a mountain stream
Turnaround
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Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
In a cold and gray town, the nurse says "Lay down"
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
"This ain't no playground, and you ain't home"
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Someone's children, are having children
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
In a cold gray building, all alone
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And a teenage father, can't be bothered
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
They run like water, in a mountain stream
Solo
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ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
On somewhere else bound, midnight Greyhound
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
She hangs her head down, and hums a lullaby
ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
Scared half crazy, she holds her baby
ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
She says I think maybe, you got your daddy's eyes
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
And unwed fathers, can't be bothered
ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch
They run like water, in a mountain stream
Outro
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