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Down By The Side Of The Road

Biography:

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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Down by the Side of the Road - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
Year: 1993

Intro:
G C G C G C G

G
Her Father was a failure
C
Her Mother was a comfort
G
To a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief.
G
The shirt ran out of buttons
C
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
G
And they went on Relief.
C G
The bank took away their diplomas
C G
They locked them up inside of the chest
C G
And she moved away to Oklahoma
A D
And got a tattoo on the side of her breast

G
"God-Damn, My socks are still hard"
C G
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
C
Yeah, We was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
G
When a shot rang low
D G
And left her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road

G
Father have mercy, Whoo Whoo
C
Get her a nurse please
G
She's almost alone
C G
I saw her hand reaching out for the telephone
C G
We rather see her locked up inside a home
D G
Than see her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road

C G
Headlights flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C G
Yonder comes a truck it drove by two men.
C G G/F# Em
Shotgun man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A D
Out in the pale moonlight Light. light Light Lie Lie Lie lie

G
Too long in the hot sun
C G
She could've be Miss Wisconsin a long time ago
C G
Spent to much time inside of the early show
C G
We'd bought her a ticket but she didn't want to go
D G
She was standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road

C G
Headlights flashing on her skirt in the wind.
C G
Yonder comes a truck it drove by two men.
C G G/F# Em
Shotgun man leaned out and said do you want to take a ride?
A D
Out in the pale moonlight.

G
Her Father was a failure
C
Her Mother was a comfort
G
To a doctor and lawyer and Indian Chief.
G
The shirt ran out of buttons
C
He lost all his marbles at a baseball game
G
And they went on Relief.
C G
The bank took away their diplomas
C G
They locked them up inside of the chest
C G
And she moved away to Oklahoma
A D
And got a tattoo on the side of her breast

G
God-Damn, My thoughts are still hard.
C G
From lying on the sofa on the night she was over in my backyard
C
Yeah, We was shooting the breeze out amongst the trees
G
When a shot rang low
D G
And left her standing down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road
D G
Down by the side of the road