John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.
The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.
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Artist: John Prine Album: Fair and Square Year: 2005
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AD Back before I was a movie star A Straight off of the farm E I had a picture of another man's wife A Tattooed on my arm D With a pack of Camel cigarettes A In the sleeve of my tee shirt E I'm headin' out to Hollywood A Just to have my feelings hurt
Chorus: AD That town will make you crazy A Just give it a little time E You'll be walking 'round in circles A Down at Hollywood and Vine D You'll be waitin' on a phone call A At the wrong end of a broom E Yes, that town'll make you crazy A Crazy as a loon
AD So, I headed down to Nashville A To become a country star E Every night you'd find me hangin' A At every honky-tonk and bar D Pretty soon I met a woman A Pretty soon she done me wrong E Pretty soon my life got sadder A Than any country song
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AD So, I gathered up my savvy A Bought myself a business suit E I headed up to New York City A Where a man can make some loot D I got hired Monday morning A Downsized that afternoon E Overcome with grief that evening A Now I'm crazy as a loon
D So I'm up here in the north woods A Just staring at a lake E Wondering just exactly how much A They think a man can take D I eat fish to pass the time away A 'Neath this blue Canadian moon E This old world has made me crazy A Crazy as a loon E Lord, this world will make you crazy A Crazy as a loon