Christmas In Prison chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Intro  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE  A augmentedA

    G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  C majorC  G+G


Verse 1

    G+G              C majorC
It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
    G+G                D MajorD
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood
   G+G             C majorC
And I dream of her always ,even when I don't dream
  G+G             D MajorD      G+G
Her names on my tongue and her bloods in my stream

Chorus

D MajorD      C majorC   G+G
Wait awhile eternity
C majorC            G+G     D MajorD
old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G+G
Come to me ,run to me
C majorC
Come to me now
   G+G
We're rolling my sweetheart
   D MajorD     G+G
We're flowing by god


(Repeat intro) G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE  A augmentedA

        G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  C majorC  G+G


Verse 2

  G+G                C majorC
She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire
   G+G                 D MajorD
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire
  G+G            C majorC
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail
    G+G              D MajorD     G+G
And she sweeter than saccharin at a drug store sale


Chorus

D MajorD      C majorC   G+G
Wait awhile eternity
C majorC            G+G     D MajorD
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G+G
Come to me , run to me
C majorC
Come to me now
   G+G
We're rolling my sweetheart
   D MajorD     G+G
We're flowing by god

(repeat intro) G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE  A augmentedA

        G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  C majorC  G+G


Verse 3

  G+G                  C majorC
The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun
    G+G                         D MajorD
And the spotlights in the snowflakes,like the dust in the sun
   G+G                C majorC
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight
   G+G             D MajorD      G+G
I'll probably get homesick , I love you goodnight


Chorus

D MajorD      C majorC   G+G
Wait awhile eternity
C majorC            G+G     D MajorD
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G+G
Come to me,run to me
C majorC
Come to me now
   G+G
We're rolling my sweetheart
   D MajorD     G+G
We're flowing by god