six o'clock news

john prine


Each chord is picked.  Intro to each verse: on the low E string -0-1-2-3-.  
There are other steps he takes between chords, but I'm not good enough to 
figure all of them out.  Find your own interpretation;  this really is a 
beautiful song.  kingmarshall@hotmail.com



[G] wanda had a [Em] baby in [C] 1951
[G] the father was a [Em] stranger the [C] stranger was a [D] son
[C] call that child james [D] lewis [C] call these rooms a [D] home
[G] changin all them [C] diapers [D] polish all that [G] chrome

  [C] come on baby [D] spend the night with [G] me
  
all around the schoolyard playin all the games
runnin laughin back and forth the kid with two first names
stranger in the closet lock the diary
the past is runnin faster singin harmony

  come on baby spend the night with me
  
god bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
dinner's almost ready go and wash yourself
jimmy's growin up now wanda's growin old 
the time is growin short the nights are long and cold

  come on baby spend the night with me

sneakin in the closet through the diary
don't you know all he saw was all there was to see
the whole town saw jimmy on the six o'clock news
his brains were on the sidewalk blood was on his shoes

  come on baby spend the night with me
  
  come on baby spend the night with me