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The Torch Singer - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Diamonds in the Rough
Year: 1972
C
The night club was burning
D G
From the torch singer's song
C G D
And the sweat was flooding her eyes
G
The catwalk squeaked
C G
Neath the bartender's feet
G D G
And the smoke was too heavy to rise
Chorus:
C G
She sang of the love that I left her
C G D
And of the woman that she'll never be
G C
Made me feel like the buck and a quarter
D G C
That I paid em to listen and see
D G C D
I paid em to listen and see
G C
I was born down in Kansas
D G
'Neath the October sky
C G D
Work the day shift from seven to three
G C G
And the only relief that I receive
G D G
Is nearer my God to Thee
C G
She constantly throws me off timing
C G D
Leaves me standing both naked and bare
G C
Makes me feel like the Sunday funnies
D G C
After everything's gone off the air
D G C D
Everything's gone off the air
G C
I picked through the ashes
D G
Of the torch singer's song
C G D
And I ordered my money a round
G
For whiskey and pain
C G
Both taste the same
G D G
During the time they go down
(Repeat chorus)
