The Great Compromise

The Great Compromise easy guitar chords by John Prine

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    • Verse 1
    C

    I knew a girl who was almost a lady
    F
    C

    She had a way with all the men in her life
    G

    Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
    F

    And she was born on the fourth of July
    C
    F
    Verse 2
    C

    Well she lived in

    an aluminum house trailer
    F
    G

    And she worked in a juke box saloon
    C
    G

    And she spent all

    the money that I give her
    F
    C

    Just to see the old man in the moon
    Verse 3
    C

    I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
    F
    C

    And awake in the dawn's early light
    F

    But much to my surprise when
    C

    I opened my eyes
    G

    I was a victim of the great compromise
    C
    F
    C
    F
    Verse 4
    C

    Well we'd go out
    F
    C

    on Saturday evenings
    F
    C

    To the drive-in on on Route 41
    G

    And it was there that I first

    suspected
    F

    That she was doin' what she'd

    already done
    C
    F
    Verse 5
    C


    She said, "Johnny won't

    you get me some popcorn"
    F

    And she knew I had to walk pretty far
    C
    G

    And as soon as I passed

    through the moonlight
    F
    C
    G
    C

    She hopped into a foreign sports car
    Verse 6
    C

    I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
    F
    C

    And awake in the dawn's early light
    F

    But much to my surprise when
    C

    I opened my eyes
    G

    I was a victim of the great compromise
    C
    F
    C
    F
    C
    Verse 7

    Well you know

    I could have beat up that fellow
    F

    But it was her that had hopped
    C

    into his car
    G

    Many times I'd fought to protect her
    F
    G

    But this time she was goin'
    F

    too far
    C
    F
    Verse 8
    C


    Now some folks they call

    me a coward
    F

    'Cause I left her at the
    C

    drive-in that that night
    G

    But I'd rather have names

    thrown at me
    F
    C

    Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
    Verse 9
    C

    I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
    F
    G
    C

    And awake in the dawn's early light
    F

    But much to my surprise
    C

    when I opened my eyes
    G

    I was a victim of the great compromise
    C
    F
    C
    F
    C
    Verse 10

    Now she writes all

    the fellows love letters
    F

    Saying "Greetings,
    C

    come and see me real soon"
    G

    And they go and line up in the barroom
    F

    And spend the night in that sick
    C

    woman's room
    Verse 11
    C

    But sometimes I get awful lonesome
    F
    C

    And I wish she was my girl instead
    G

    But she won't let me live with her
    F
    C

    And she makes me live in my head
    Verse 12
    C

    I used to sleep at the foot of old glory
    F
    C

    And awake in the dawn's early light
    F

    But much to my surprise
    C

    when I opened my eyes
    G

    I was a victim of the great compromise
    C
    F

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