The Third Of July chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:  DmDm Dm DmDm Dm


Verse:

      DmDm      C majorC          C majorC
It was the third of July on a cool cloudy sky
     G+G         DmDm   DmDm
I set in for a storm in the makin'
     DmDm       C majorC          C majorC
I relaxed as I sat up in our three room flat
     G+G                DmDm DmDm
while my wife was in the kitchen a bakin'
     DmDm            C majorC         C majorC
Thoughts passed through my mind of no special kind
   G+G            DmDm   DmDm
Like faces that look like the others
     DmDm      C majorC        C majorC
Tomorrow they say is Independence day
   G+G            DmDm    DmDm
And I guess I'll go eat at my brother's

Verse:

 DmDm             C majorC          C majorC
I believe that a thought has just gotten caught
   G+G            DmDm      D MajorD
In a place where words can't surround it
      DmDm           C majorC         C majorC
It concerns the years past and the shadows they cast
    G+G       DmDm    DmDm
And my path as I walk around it.

Bridge:

DmDm C majorC C G+G
DmDm Dm DmDm C majorC
C G+G DmDm Dm

Verse 3:

      DmDm    D MajorD     C majorC        C majorC
It was the third of July on a cool cloudy sky
     G+G         DmDm   DmDm
I set in for a storm in the makin'
 DmDm           C majorC          C majorC
I relaxed as I sat up in our three room flat
     G+G                DmDm DmDm
While my wife was in the kitchen a bakin'
     DmDm            C majorC        C majorC
Thoughts passed through my mind of no special kind
   G+G            DmDm   DmDm
Like faces that look like the others
     DmDm      C majorC        C majorC
Tomorrow they say is Independence day
   G+G            DmDm
and I guess I'll go eat at my brother's

Outro:

DmDm C majorC DmDm