Unwed Fathers chords by Gail Davies

• Capo on 2nd

Key: A

Intro:

Em   D   G


Verse 2:
N.C.      G       C         G
In an Appalachian Greyhound   station
              Em       D             G
She sat there waiting
in a family   way
         G             C     G
“Goodbye brother, tell Mom I love her
             Em      D              G
Tell all the others
I'll write someday.”

Chorus:
             C               G
From teenage lover, to unwed mother
          G                  D       A  D
kept undercover, like some bad dream
            G               C        G
While unwed   fathers, they can't be bothered
                  Em    D               G
And they run like water   through a mountain stream


Interlude:
Em   D   G


Verse 2:
              G            C          G
In a cold and gray town, a nurse says   “Lay down
              Em          D                        G
This ain't no playground, hmm and honey this ain't home”
          G             C      G
Someone's children, out having children
              Em       D          G
in a old gray building
and all alone


Chorus:
             C               G
From teenage lover, to unwed mother
          G                  D       A  D
kept undercover, like some bad dream
            G               C        G
While unwed   fathers, they can't be bothered
                  Em    D               G
And they run like water   through a mountain stream


Interlude:
Em   D   G


Verse 3:
N.C.           G           C      G
On a somewhere else bound, nighttime Greyhound
              Em         D              G
She holds her head down
singing lullabies
           G            C         G
Scared and   crazy, she holds her baby
                 Em    D                         G
And says I think maybe   you've got your daddy's eyes


Chorus:
             C               G
From teenage lover, to unwed mother
          G                  D       A  D
kept undercover, like some bad dream
            G               C        G
While unwed   fathers, they can't be bothered
                  Em    D               G
And they run like water   through a mountain stream


Outro:
                   Em    D N.C.
Yeah they run like water
                      G
Through a mountain stream
Em   D   G C G