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Christmas In Prison

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John Prine

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
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Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
G C G D G
[Verse]
G
It was Christmas in prison and the
C
food was real good
It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
G
We had turkey and pistols carved out
D
of wood
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood
G C
And I dream of her always ,even when
I don't dream
And I dream of her always ,even when I don't dream
G D
Her names on my tongue and her bloods
G
in my stream
Her names on my tongue and her bloods in my stream
[Chorus]
D C G
Wait a while eternity
C G D
old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G
Come to me, run to me
C
Come to me now
G
We're rolling my sweetheart
D G
We're flowing by God
[Instrumental]
C G D

G C G D G

[Verse]
G
She reminds me of a chess game with
C
someone I admire
She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire
G
Or a picnic in the rain after a
D
prairie fire
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire
G C
Her heart is as big as this whole
goddamn jail
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail
G
And she sweeter than saccharin at a
D G
drug store sale
And she sweeter than saccharin at a drug store sale
[Chorus]
D C G
Wait awhile eternity
C G D
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G
Come to me , run to me
C
Come to me now
G
We're rolling my sweetheart
D G
We're flowing by god
[Instrumental]
C G D

G C G D G

[Verse]
G
The search light in the big yard
C
swings round with the gun
The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun
G
And the spotlights in the
snowflakes,like the dust
D
in the sun
And the spotlights in the snowflakes,like the dust in the sun
G
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be
C
music tonight
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight
G D
I'll probably get homesick, I love
G
you goodnight
I'll probably get homesick, I love you goodnight
[Chorus]
D C G
Wait a while eternity
C G D
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G
Come to me, run to me
C
Come to me now
G
We're rolling my sweetheart
D G
We're flowing by God