#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!news.udel.edu!diusys!walt Mon Aug 3 11:29:01 PDT 1992 Article: 1304 of alt.guitar.tab Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!news.udel.edu!diusys!walt From: walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu (Walt Dabell) Subject: MUSIC: Great Comprimise - John Prine Message-ID: Sender: usenet@news.udel.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: diusys.cms.udel.edu Reply-To: walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu Organization: U of Delaware, College of Marine Studies / Lewes Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 15:51:43 GMT Lines: 74 TITLE: Great Compromise ARTIST: John Prine D a little girl who was almost a lady G D had a way with all the men in her life A every inch of her blosoms in beauty G D she was born on the forth of july and she lived in an aluminum house trailer and she worked in a juke-box saloon and she spent all the money i'd give her just to see the ol' man in the moon CHORUS: D I used to sleep at the foot of old glory G D and awake in the dawns early light G D but much to my surprise when i opened my eyes A D i was a victim of the great compromise ------ we used to go out on saturday evening to the drive in on route fourty one and it was there that I first discovered she was doin' what she'd already done she said 'johny would you get me some popcorn and she knew i had to walk pretty far and as soon as i walked through the moonlight she'd hopped into a foreign sports car CHORUS and you know, i could'a beat up that fella but it was her that hopped in to his car as many times as i'd fought to protect her well this time she'd gone too far and some folks call me a coward 'cause i left her at the drive in that night but i'd rather have names thrown at me than to fight for a thing that aint right CHORUS now she writes all the fellas love letters sayin' please come and see me real soon and there's a growin' line up in the bar-room to spend a night in that sick womans room and sometimes i get awful lonesome and i wish she were my girl instead but she won't let me live with her she makes me live in my head CHORUS --- __________________________________________________________ Walt Dabell KD3GS (302)645-4225 walt@diusys.cms.udel.edu U of Delaware / College of Marine Studies 700 Pilottown Rd. Lewes, DE 19958