Chords for Unwed Fathers (live in Chicago) - Johnny Cash
Tempo:
94.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
F#m
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] In an [E] Appalachian [D] Greyhound [A] station She sits [F#] there waiting [E] in a [A] family way
[E] Goodbye brother, tell mama I love her Tell all [F#] the [E] others I'll write [A] someday
[D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [E] bad dream
And the [A] unwed father can't be father They run [F#m] like water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
[F#m]
[B] [A] [E] In a cold and grey town [A] The nurse has laid down
The safe no [F#m] [E] playground You [A] may know someone's children
[D] Are having [A]
children [A] In a cold [F#m] grey building [E] all [A] alone
[D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [F#] bad dream
And the teenage [A]
father can't be father They run like [F#m] water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
[F#m] [B] [A]
On a somewhere else farm Midnight greyhound
She hangs [F#m] her head down [B] And wants a [E] lullaby
Scared [A] and half-afraid [D] She holds her [A] baby
Says [F#m] the thing may [E] be You got your [A] daddy's eye
Teenage [D] lover to an unwed mother Kept undercover [F#] like some bad dream
And the teenage [A] father [D] can't be [A] father They run [F#] like [B] water in a mountain stream
[C#] [A]
[A]
[G#]
[E] Goodbye brother, tell mama I love her Tell all [F#] the [E] others I'll write [A] someday
[D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [E] bad dream
And the [A] unwed father can't be father They run [F#m] like water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
[F#m]
[B] [A] [E] In a cold and grey town [A] The nurse has laid down
The safe no [F#m] [E] playground You [A] may know someone's children
[D] Are having [A]
children [A] In a cold [F#m] grey building [E] all [A] alone
[D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [F#] bad dream
And the teenage [A]
father can't be father They run like [F#m] water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
[F#m] [B] [A]
On a somewhere else farm Midnight greyhound
She hangs [F#m] her head down [B] And wants a [E] lullaby
Scared [A] and half-afraid [D] She holds her [A] baby
Says [F#m] the thing may [E] be You got your [A] daddy's eye
Teenage [D] lover to an unwed mother Kept undercover [F#] like some bad dream
And the teenage [A] father [D] can't be [A] father They run [F#] like [B] water in a mountain stream
[C#] [A]
[A]
[G#]
Key:
A
E
F#m
D
F#
A
E
F#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ In an [E] Appalachian _ [D] Greyhound [A] station She sits [F#] there waiting [E] in a [A] family way
_ [E] Goodbye brother, _ tell mama I love her Tell all [F#] the [E] others I'll write [A] someday _
_ [D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [E] bad dream
And the [A] unwed father can't be father They run [F#m] like water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] In a cold and grey town [A] The nurse has laid down
The safe no [F#m] _ [E] playground You [A] may know _ _ someone's children
[D] Are having [A]
children [A] In a cold [F#m] grey building [E] _ all [A] alone
_ [D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover _ like some [F#] bad dream
And the teenage [A]
father can't be father They run like [F#m] water [E] in a [A] mountain stream _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
On a somewhere else farm Midnight greyhound
She hangs [F#m] her head down [B] And wants a [E] lullaby
_ Scared [A] and half-afraid [D] She holds her [A] baby
Says [F#m] the thing may [E] be You got your [A] daddy's eye
_ Teenage [D] lover to an unwed mother Kept undercover [F#] like some bad dream
And the teenage [A] father _ [D] can't be [A] father They run [F#] like [B] water in a mountain stream
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ In an [E] Appalachian _ [D] Greyhound [A] station She sits [F#] there waiting [E] in a [A] family way
_ [E] Goodbye brother, _ tell mama I love her Tell all [F#] the [E] others I'll write [A] someday _
_ [D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover like some [E] bad dream
And the [A] unwed father can't be father They run [F#m] like water [E] in a [A] mountain stream
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] In a cold and grey town [A] The nurse has laid down
The safe no [F#m] _ [E] playground You [A] may know _ _ someone's children
[D] Are having [A]
children [A] In a cold [F#m] grey building [E] _ all [A] alone
_ [D] Teenage lover to an [A] unwed mother Kept undercover _ like some [F#] bad dream
And the teenage [A]
father can't be father They run like [F#m] water [E] in a [A] mountain stream _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
On a somewhere else farm Midnight greyhound
She hangs [F#m] her head down [B] And wants a [E] lullaby
_ Scared [A] and half-afraid [D] She holds her [A] baby
Says [F#m] the thing may [E] be You got your [A] daddy's eye
_ Teenage [D] lover to an unwed mother Kept undercover [F#] like some bad dream
And the teenage [A] father _ [D] can't be [A] father They run [F#] like [B] water in a mountain stream
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _