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Christmas In Prison by John Prine - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            [Intro]

        G   C   G   D   G


[Verse 1]

       G                           C
It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
       G                                D
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood
      G                         C
And I dream of her always ,even when I don't dream
    G                          D            G
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
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


(Interlude)

               C   G   D
          G    C   G   D    G


[Verse 2]

    G                               C
She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire
     G                                  D
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire
    G                       C
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail
        G                           D          G
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
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


(Interlude)

               C   G   D
          G    C   G   D    G


[Verse 3]

    G                                   C
The search light in the big yard swings round with the gun
        G                                                 D
And the spotlights in the snowflakes,like the dust in the sun
     G                                C
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight
     G                        D            G
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
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 
        

We also have 38 songs by John Prine

• All The Best
• Angel From Montgomery
• Blue Umbrella
• Christmas In Prison
• Clay Pigeons
• Clocks And Spoons
• Day Is Done
• Dear Abby
• Donald And Lydia
• Far From Me
• Fish And Whistle
• Hello In There
• How Lucky
• I Remember Everything
• Illegal Smile
• In A Town This Size
• In Spite Of Ourselves
• Killing The Blues
• Lake Marie
• Late John Garfield Blues
• Lets Talk Dirty In Hawaiian
• Lonesome Friends Of Science
• Mexican Home
• Nine Pound Hammer
• One Red Rose
• Paradise
• Please Dont Bury Me
• Pretty Good
• Sam Stone
• Six Oclock News
• Souvenirs
• Spanish Pipedream
• Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
• Storm Windows
• Thats The Way That The World Goes Round
• The Great Compromise
• Unwed Fathers
• Your Flag Decal Wont Get You Into Heaven Anymore

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