Six O'clock News Uke tab by John Prine

4 Chords used in the song: G, Em, C, D7

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Year:  1971
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3
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
G G            Em Em   C C                 G G
Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
Em Em C C D7 D7
The father was stranger and a stranger was the son.
C C D7 D7 C C D7 D7
Call that child James Lewis, call these rooms a home.
G G C C D7 D7 G G
Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
C C D7 D7 G G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

G G Em Em C C G G
All around the schoolyard playing all the games
Em Em C C D7 D7
Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
C C D7 D7 C C D7 D7
Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
G G C C D7 D7 G G
The past is running faster singing harmony
C C D7 D7 G G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me
G G Em Em C C G G
God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
Em Em C C D7 D7
The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourself"
C C D7 D7 C C D7 D7
Jimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old
G G C C D7 D7 G G
The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and cold
C C D7 D7 G G
C'mon, baby, spend the night with me

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

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