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			The Accident  - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S. 
Email: Prime-Prine@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine	
Album: Sweet Revenge
Year: 1973

GLast (320003@1)night I saw an accident
       C (x32010@1)                 Gon (320003@1)the corner of Third and Green
Gtwo (320003@1)cars collided and I got excited
     A7 (x02020@1)               Djust (xx0232@1)being part of that scene


GIt (320003@1)was Mrs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter
                        CPamela, (x32010@1)was driving the car
                           Gthey (320003@1)got hit by a man in a lite blue sedan
        D (xx0232@1)                 Gwho (320003@1)had obviously been to a bar.



Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                            GThey (320003@1)don't know how lucky they are
C (x32010@1)                           Dthey (xx0232@1)could have run into that tree
    G (320003@1)                 Cgot (x32010@1)struck by a bolt of lightning
    G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)   Gand (320003@1)raped by a minority.


G (320003@1) 
It was a four way stop dilemma 
   C (x32010@1)                  Gwe (320003@1)all arrived the same time
  GI (320003@1)yielded to the man to the right of me 
       A7 (x02020@1)                     Dand (xx0232@1)he yielded it right back to mine
Gwell (320003@1)the yield went around and around and around 
                    Ctill (x32010@1)Pamela finally tried
                         Gjust (320003@1)then the man in the light blue sedan
    D (xx0232@1)                Ghit (320003@1)Pamela's passenger side.



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GPamela (320003@1)hit her head on the mirror
    C (x32010@1)                      GMrs (320003@1)Walker got a bump on the knee
Gthe (320003@1)man hit himself in the face and said
A7 (x02020@1)                    DWhy (xx0232@1)does this happen to me?
Gthe (320003@1)neighbors came out
Gand (320003@1)they gathered about
G (320003@1)                      Csaying (x32010@1)Hey! who hit who anyway?
                            Gand (320003@1)the police arrived at a quarter to five
               D (xx0232@1)             Gand (320003@1)pronounced all the victims Okay



(Repeat Chorus)