The Third Of July chords by John Prine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:   Dm Dm Dm Dm


Verse:

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

Verse:

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

Bridge:

Dm C C G
Dm Dm Dm C
C G Dm Dm

Verse 3:

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

Outro:

Dm C Dm