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	       Down by the Side of the Road - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
Year: 1993

Intro:
G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G


GHer (320003@1)Father was a failure
CHer (x32010@1)Mother was a comfort
                           GTo (320003@1)a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief.
GThe (320003@1)shirt ran out of buttons
C (x32010@1)          
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
                 GAnd (320003@1)they went on Relief.
    C (x32010@1)                  GThe (320003@1)bank took away their diplomas
     C (x32010@1)                          GThey (320003@1)locked them up inside of the chest
    C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)she moved away to Oklahoma
          A (x02220@1)                       DAnd (xx0232@1)got a tattoo on the side of her breast


           G"God-Damn, (320003@1)My socks are still hard"
     C (x32010@1)                                            G (320003@1)   
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
             C (x32010@1)            
Yeah, We was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
       GWhen (320003@1)a shot rang low
             D (xx0232@1)                              GAnd (320003@1)left her standing down by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road



GFather (320003@1)have mercy, Whoo Whoo
CGet (x32010@1)her a nurse please
      GShe's (320003@1)almost alone
C (x32010@1)                         GI (320003@1)saw her hand reaching out for the telephone
C (x32010@1)                         GWe (320003@1)rather see her locked up inside a home
             D (xx0232@1)                              GThan (320003@1)see her standing down by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road



C (x32010@1)                        GHeadlights (320003@1)flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C (x32010@1)                     GYonder (320003@1)comes a truck it drove by two men.
C (x32010@1)                                    G (320003@1)     G/F# (320002@1) EmShotgun (022000@1)man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A (x02220@1)                       DOut (xx0232@1)in the pale moonlight Light. light Light Lie Lie Lie lie



GToo (320003@1)long in the hot sun
C (x32010@1)                              GShe (320003@1)could've be Miss Wisconsin a long time ago
C (x32010@1)                              GSpent (320003@1)to much time inside of the early show
C (x32010@1)                              GWe'd (320003@1)bought her a ticket but she didn't want to go
        D (xx0232@1)                              GShe (320003@1)was standing down by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road



C (x32010@1)                        GHeadlights (320003@1)flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C (x32010@1)                     GYonder (320003@1)comes a truck it drove by two men.
C (x32010@1)                                    G (320003@1)     G/F# (320002@1) EmShotgun (022000@1)man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A (x02220@1)                 DOut (xx0232@1)in the pale moonlight.



GHer (320003@1)Father was a failure
CHer (x32010@1)Mother was a comfort
                           GTo (320003@1)a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief.
GThe (320003@1)shirt ran out of buttons
C (x32010@1)          
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
                 GAnd (320003@1)they went on Relief.
    C (x32010@1)                  GThe (320003@1)bank took away their diplomas
     C (x32010@1)                          GThey (320003@1)locked them up inside of the chest
    C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)she moved away to Oklahoma
          A (x02220@1)                       DAnd (xx0232@1)got a tattoo on the side of her breast

 
          GGod-Damn, (320003@1)My thoughts are still hard.
     C (x32010@1)                                            G (320003@1)   
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
             C (x32010@1)            
Yeah, We was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
       GWhen (320003@1)a shot rang low
             D (xx0232@1)                              GAnd (320003@1)left her standing down by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road
D (xx0232@1)                     GDown (320003@1)by the side of the road