Six O'clock News Tab par John Prine (Accords Baryton)

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Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
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The father was stranger and a stranger was the son.
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Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home.
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Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
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C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

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All around the schoolyard playing all the games
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Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
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Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
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The past is running faster singing harmony
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C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
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God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
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The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourself"
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Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
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The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold
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C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

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Sneaking in the closet through the diary
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Now, don't you know all he saw was all there was to see
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The whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock news
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His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
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C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
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C'mon, baby, spend the night with me (D7) (G)