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DAY IS DONE – JOHN PRINE
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Music & Lyrics by John Prine
Album: Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings (1995)
Tuning: Standard, no capo
Key: G
Tabbed by Robert Saunders
CHORDS:
G: 320022
D: X00232
A: X02220
NOTES:
I stumbled upon this song serendipitously when searching for Nick Drake’s song of the same name. No weird
tunings or funky chords with John Prine - just three simple chords with the thumb playing the alternating
bass notes throughout.
The verse has exactly the same chords as the intro, although the picking pattern is a bit simpler. I’m not
sure I’ve got the pattern exactly as John Prine plays it in the verse but I would suggest it’s best to mix
it up a bit anyway.
Let me know if you have any suggestions and I will be happy to make corrections.
INTRO:
G G D D
E|--|-------3--------|-------3--------|---------2------|-------2-------0|
B|--|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|-0|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|--|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
A A D D
E|----------------|-----------0---0|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|---2------------|-------2--------|---3------------|-3---------3----|
G|-------2--------|---2------------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|-------2--------|-------2-------0|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-0h3-----3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
A A D D
E|----------------|-----------0---0|----------------|-------2--------|
B|---2------------|-------2--------|---3-----3------|-3---------3----|
G|-------2-------2|---2------------|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE TEMPLATE (same chords as intro):
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|--------2-------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
Do you like me? Well 1 hope you do Cause if
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|-------2--------|----------------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-2--------------|-------2--------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
you like I think like you We
me then I’m gonna have to too
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|--------2-------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
share and have some fun Then we’ll
our things
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|-------2--------|----------------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-2---------2----|-------2--------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
say goodbye and go back home day is done
when the
OUTRO:
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-------2--------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-------2--------|-----------2----|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
let’s say goodbye and go back home day us done
when the
D D D
E|-------2--------|-------2--------|----------------|
B|-3---------3----|-3---------3----|-3--------------|
G|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2--|----------------|
D|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0--------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
LYRICS & CHORDS
G D
Do you like me? Well I hope you do,
A D
‘Cause if you like me, then I think I'm gonna have to like you too.
G D
We'll share our things, and have some fun,
A D
Then we'll say goodbye and go back home when the day is done.
G D
If you tell me, I'll tell you too,
A D
And we'll say the things and do the things that lovers do.
G D
We'll keep it to ourselves, we won't hurt no one
A D
Then we'll say goodbye, and go back home when the day is done.
G D
We'll carve our names, on a tree
A D
Then we'll burn it down so no one in the world will see.
G D
And we'll make love, while we watch the flame
A D
Then we'll walk away as if we never had no shame.
G D
Now we must hide, to be alone
A D
And we can't say our sweet things on the telephone.
G D
If we can't stop, what we've begun,
A D
We should say goodbye and go back home when the day is done.
G D
Do you still like me? Well I hope you do.
A D
Cause if you still like me then I think I'm gonna have to still like you.
G D
We shared our things, and had some fun
A D
Now we'll say goodbye and go back home when the day is done.
A D
Yeah, we'll say goodbye and go back home while we still have one.
A D
Let's say goodbye and go back home now the day is done.
