John Prine (Maywood, Illinois, 10 de octubre de 1946) es un cantautor de country y folk estadounidense con un amplio éxito, tanto de crítica como de público, desde la década de 1970.
Sus padres fueron William Prine y Verna Hamm. Su abuelo había sido guitarrista de Merle Travis y Prine se inició como guitarrista a los catorce años. Durante cinco años trabajó como cartero, e hizo el servicio militar antes de comenzar su carrera musical en Chicago.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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[Chorus] G And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees CG Mam ma why'd you have to g o CG Your dar ling Jim is o ut a limb DG I put my pi cture in a Picture S how DG Whoa Ho! Put my pic ture in a Picture Sh ow
G H amburgers Cheesburgers CG Wi lbur and Orville Wri ght CG Jo hn Garfield in the aft ernoon D Montgomery Clift at ni ght G When the st atic hit the mouthpiece CG Gave w ay to the sound be low CG James De an went out to Ho llywood DG And put his pic ture in a Picture Sh ow. (Repeat Chorus)
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GCG A M occa man in a wigwam sit ting on a Reser vation. CG With a big bl ack hole in the be lly of his soul D Waiting on an explan ation G While the wh ite man sits on his fat can CG And takes pic tures of the Na vajo CG Every ti me he clicks his Ko diac pics DG He st eals a little bit of s oul. CG Every ti me he clicks his Kod iac pics DG He ste als a little bit of s oul . (Repeat Chorus) DG Yie Hi! Put my pi cture in a Picture S how Let's go!
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