How to Play Unwed Fathers on Guitar?

John Prine - Unwed Fathers can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Unwed Fathers with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

John Prine - Unwed Fathers Chords

Chord reference G, C, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]In an Appalachian, [C]Greyhound [G]station [C] She sits there [G]waiting, [D]in a family [G]way ‘Goodbye brother, [C]Tell Mom I [G]love her’ [C] ‘Tell all the [G]others, [D]I’ll write some[G]day’

[G]From an teenage [C]lover, to an unwed [G]mother kept undercover, like some bad [D]dream While unwed [G]fathers, [C]they can’t be [G]bothered [C] They run like [G]water, [D]through a mountain [G]stream

[G]In a cold and grey town, [C]a nurse says [G]‘Lay down’ [C] ‘This ain’t no [G]playground, [D]and this ain’t [G]home’ Someones children, [C]out having [G]children [C] in a grey stone [G]building, [D]all a[G]lone

[G]Some where else bound, [C]Smokey Mountain [G]Greyhound [C] She bows her [G]head down, [D]humming lulla[G]bies ‘Your daddy never, [C]meant to hurt you [G]ever’ [C] ‘he just don’t [G]live here, [D]but you’ve got his[G]eyes’

Artist John Prine

Album Aimless Love

Genres Folk

Year 1984

Key G

John Prine - Unwed Fathers can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Unwed Fathers with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.