Unwed Fathers

Tom: G

G                  C         G       C  
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station  
            G        D           G  
She sits there waiting, in a family way  

               C          G         C  
'Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her'  
           G       D              G  
'Tell all the others, I'll write someday'  


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


G                        C             G          C  
In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'Lay down'  
            G            D             G  
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home'  
                C          G       C  
Someones children, out having children  
             G          D     G  
in a grey stone building, all al-one  

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

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