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		    The Torch Singer - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Diamonds in the Rough
Year: 1972


                   CThe (x32010@1)night club was burning 
         D (xx0232@1)            GFrom (320003@1)the torch singer's song
        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)the sweat was flooding her eyes
    GThe (320003@1)catwalk squeaked
C (x32010@1)                   GNeath (320003@1)the bartender's feet
        G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      
And the smoke was too heavy to rise



Chorus:
    C (x32010@1)                     GShe (320003@1)sang of the love that I left her
           C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)of the woman that she'll never be
        G (320003@1)                      CMade (x32010@1)me feel like the buck and a quarter
       D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)CThat (x32010@1)I paid em to listen and see
  D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)I paid em to listen and see
 


  G (320003@1)              CI (x32010@1)was born down in Kansas
           D (xx0232@1)     G'Neath (320003@1)the October sky
         C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)      DWork (xx0232@1)the day shift from seven to three
        G (320003@1)              CG
And the only relief that I receive
   G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)    GIs (320003@1)nearer my God to Thee



    C (x32010@1)                      GShe (320003@1)constantly throws me off timing
          C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)       DLeaves (xx0232@1)me standing both naked and bare
         G (320003@1)                  CMakes (x32010@1)me feel like the Sunday funnies
      D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1) CAfter (x32010@1)everything's gone off the air
D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1) DEverything's (xx0232@1)gone off the air
 


  G (320003@1)                CI (x32010@1)picked through the ashes
       D (xx0232@1)            GOf (320003@1)the torch singer's song
      C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)     DAnd (xx0232@1)I ordered my money a round
    G (320003@1)         
For whiskey and pain
C (x32010@1)            GBoth (320003@1)taste the same
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)          GDuring (320003@1)the time they go down


(Repeat chorus)