Guy Clarke sings this in Eb, the John Prine/Emmylou Harris version is in Db, so 
transpose accordingly :)

CAPO 1 for Eb

D (xx0232@1)                   AI'd (x02220@1)rather sleep in a box like a bum on the street
                     G (320003@1)                              AThan (x02220@1)a fine feather bed without your little ol' cold feet
                   D (xx0232@1)                     AAnd (x02220@1)I'd rather be deaf, dumb, and stone blind
                        G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                 DThan (xx0232@1)to know that your mornings            will never be mine
                    (D)                        AAnd (x02220@1)I'd rather die young than to live without you
               G (320003@1)                       AI'd (x02220@1)rather go hungry than eat lonesome stew
                         D (xx0232@1)                          AYou (x02220@1)know it's once in a lifetime and it won't come again
                    G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)                DIt's (xx0232@1)here and it's gone            on a magnolia wind

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)                     DI'd (xx0232@1)rather not walk         through the garden again
                        A (x02220@1)                DIf (xx0232@1)I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind

Break:
D (xx0232@1)       |A         |G         |A          |
D (xx0232@1)       |A         |G    A (x02220@1)  |D          |

D (xx0232@1)                       AWell (x02220@1)if it ever comes time that it comes time to go
                   G (320003@1)                      ASis' (x02220@1)pack up your fiddle, Sis' pack up your bow
                       D (xx0232@1)                       AIf (x02220@1)I can't dance with you then I won't dance at all
                    G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)                    DI'll (xx0232@1)just sit this one out        with my back to the wall

C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)               DI'd (xx0232@1)rather not hear          pretty music again
                       A (x02220@1)                  DIf (xx0232@1)I can't hear your fiddle on a magnolia wind
                       A (x02220@1)                  DIf (xx0232@1)I can't catch your scent on a magnolia wind
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