[Versetto]
G                  C         G      
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
 C 
 
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station 
               G        D          
She sits there waiting, in a family
 G 
 way 
She sits there waiting, in a family way 
                  C          G   
'Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love
      C 
 her' 
'Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her' 
              G       D         
'Tell all the others, I'll write
     G 
 someday'
'Tell all the others, I'll write someday'
[Ritornello]
G               C                 
From an teenage lover, to an unwed
 G 
 mother 
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother 
                                D 
kept undercovers, like some bad dream
 
kept undercovers, like some bad dream 
            G        C            
While unwed fathers, they can't be
 G        C 
 bothered 
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered 
              G      D        
They run like water, through a
          G 
 mountain stream
They run like water, through a mountain stream
[Versetto]
G                        C      
In a cold and grey town, a nurse
       G          C 
 say's 'Lay down' 
In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'Lay down' 
               G            D      
'This ain't no playground, and this
       G 
 ain't home' 
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home' 
                   C         
Someones children, out having
 G       C 
 children 
Someones children, out having children 
                G          D     G 
in a grey stone building, all al-one
[Ritornello]
G               C                 
From an teenage lover, to an unwed
 G 
 mother 
From an teenage lover, to an unwed mother 
                                D 
kept undercovers, like some bad dream
 
kept undercovers, like some bad dream 
            G        C            
While unwed fathers, they can't be
 G        C 
 bothered 
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered 
              G      D        
They run like water, through a
          G 
 mountain stream
They run like water, through a mountain stream
[Versetto]
G                        C      
In a cold and grey town, a nurse
       G          C 
 say's 'Lay down' 
In a cold and grey town, a nurse say's 'Lay down' 
               G            D      
'This ain't no playground, and this
       G 
 ain't home' 
'This ain't no playground, and this ain't home' 
                   C         
Someones children, out having
 G       C 
 children 
Someones children, out having children 
                G          D     G 
in a grey stone building, all al-one
[Ritornello]
G                      C     
Some where else bound, Smokey
          G         C 
 Mountain Greyhound 
Some where else bound, Smokey Mountain Greyhound 
             G          D      
She bows her head down, humming
      G 
 lullabys 
She bows her head down, humming lullabys 
                    C               
'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you
  G     C 
 ever' 
'Your daddy never, meant to hurt you ever' 
               G          D         
'he just don't live here, but you've
        G 
 got his eyes'
'he just don't live here, but you've got his eyes'