The Night That John Prine Died
John McCutcheon
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Verse 1
C G Am In these times each day feels like the next F C G But just tonight my old friend Richard sent a tearful text F G C F I could feel his sorrow on the screen, wondering if I C G C F G C G C Heard the news tonight that John Prine died
Verse 2
C G Am He seemed to pluck his songs out of thin air F C G They told of tiny triumphs and lives filled with despair F G C F Complex in their simplicity, so honest and so true C G Am F G C Just what every writer wished that they could do
Chorus
G F C There's an Angel from Montgomery that's finally taken wing G F G And a place up there called Paradise where even Sam Stone sings Am G C F All the losers, lovers, loners have gathered round the throne C G C F G C In a mighty choir to welcome John Prine home
Verse 3
C G Am I remember a night a bar in Cambridge town F C G The band took a break, we took the stage and shut the whole place down F G C F It was Stevie Goodman's birthday, just eight years since he died F G C F We sang, drank and remembered, we laughed and then we cried C G C Just like tonight when I heard that John Prine died
Chorus
G F C There's an Angel from Montgomery thats finally taken wing G F G A place up there called Paradise where even Sam Stone sings Am G C F All the losers, lovers, loners have gathered round the throne C G C In a mighty choir to welcome John Prine home
Verse 4
C G Am Tonight I sit here thinking 'bout the stories we tell F C G And the blessed few who really do make heaven outta hell F G C F So say hello to Stevie I ain't ready for ya yet C G Am G F G C In the meantime I know you'll enjoy that nine mile cigarette
Chorus
G F C There's an Angel from Montgomery that's finally taken wing G F G And a place up there called Paradise where even Sam Stone sings Am G C F All the losers, lovers, loners have gathered round the throne C G Am In a mighty choir to welcome John Prine home
Outro
F G C F Oh the losers, lovers, loners have gathered round the throne C G C F G C In a mighty choir to welcome John Prine home
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