#----------------------------------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: booker@elvice.ib.stortek.com (Sam Booker) Subject: TAB: He Forgot It Was Sunday by John Prine Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 13:00:03 -0600 (MDT) HE FORGOT IT WAS SUNDAY ----------------------- Words and music by John Prine Transcribed by Sam Booker >From Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy Records, 1995 NOTE:CAPO on II INTRO: G C D G C Am D G E|---|-3-2-|-2-0-|-0--|-2-0-|-0------|-3-2-|-2-0-|---|---|-----|-------| B|---|-----|-----|----|-----|----3-3-|-----|-----|---|-3-|-----|-------| G|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|-2-|---|-4-2-|-0-----| D|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| A|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| E|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| G C 1.The motel lights were blinkin' 2.We used to tell each other lies 3.The only song I ever knew D G 1.On my chartreuse four-door Lincoln 2.With our orange plastic button eyes 3.Was Moonlight Bay on the Avenue C 1.On the dock the fish were stinkin' 2.In a former life on a motel chair 3.These are tales from the Devil's Chin D G 1.I simply didn't have a care. 2.I was Charlie Parker's Teddy Bear 3.Charlie I could've been a contender C 1.And the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels 2.Yeah, me and Bird we'd stay up late 3.And the old men sit 'round the cracker barrels D G 1.The children hum their Christmas Carols 2.I used to watch him contemplate 3.The children hum their Christmas Carols C 1.The train tracks all run parallel 2.While his horn would sit by the window and wait 3.The train tracks all run parallel D G 1.But they'll all meet up one day 2.Till it was time for him to blow it 3.But they'll all meet up one day CHORUS: G C On a dusty pew in a vestibule D G Sits the Devil playing pocket pool C Am He's waiting for the next poor fool D G Who forgot that it was Sunday INSTRUMENTAL AFTER 2ND VERSE AND CHORUS: G C D G C Am D G E|---|-3-2-|-2-0-|-0--|-2-0-|-0------|-3-2-|-2-0-|---|---|-----|-------| B|---|-----|-----|----|-----|----3-3-|-----|-----|---|-3-|-----|-------| G|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|-2-|---|-4-2-|-0-----| D|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| A|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| E|---|-----|-----|----|-----|--------|-----|-----|---|---|-----|-------| ENDING: Am D G Am D G He forgot that it was Sunday