The Great Compromise chords by
John Prine

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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I knew a girl who was almost a lady

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She had a way with all the men in her life

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Every inch of her blossomed in beauty

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And she was born on the fourth of July

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C

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F

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Verse 2

C

C

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Well she lived in

an aluminum house trailer

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G

G

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And she worked in a juke box saloon

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C

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G

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And she spent all

the money that I give her

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C

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Just to see the old man in the moon

Verse 3

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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory

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And awake in the dawn's early light

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But much to my surprise when

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C

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I opened my eyes

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G

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I was a victim of the great compromise

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C

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F

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C

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Verse 4

C

C

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Well we'd go out

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on Saturday evenings

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To the drive-in on on Route 41

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G

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And it was there that I first

suspected

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That she was doin' what she'd

already done

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C

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F

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Verse 5

C

C

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She said, "Johnny won't

you get me some popcorn"

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And she knew I had to walk pretty far

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C

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G

G

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And as soon as I passed

through the moonlight

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C

C

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G

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C

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She hopped into a foreign sports car

Verse 6

C

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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory

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F

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C

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And awake in the dawn's early light

F

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But much to my surprise when

C

C

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I opened my eyes

G

G

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I was a victim of the great compromise

C

C

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F

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C

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Verse 7

Well you know

I could have beat up that fellow

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But it was her that had hopped

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into his car

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Many times I'd fought to protect her

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G

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But this time she was goin'

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too far

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C

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F

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Verse 8

C

C

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Now some folks they call

me a coward

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'Cause I left her at the

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drive-in that that night

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But I'd rather have names

thrown at me

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C

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Than to fight for a thing that ain't right

Verse 9

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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory

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G

G

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C

C

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And awake in the dawn's early light

F

F

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But much to my surprise

C

C

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when I opened my eyes

G

G

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I was a victim of the great compromise

C

C

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F

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C

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Verse 10

Now she writes all

the fellows love letters

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Saying "Greetings,

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come and see me real soon"

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And they go and line up in the barroom

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And spend the night in that sick

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woman's room

Verse 11

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But sometimes I get awful lonesome

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And I wish she was my girl instead

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But she won't let me live with her

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And she makes me live in my head

Verse 12

C

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I used to sleep at the foot of old glory

F

F

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C

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And awake in the dawn's early light

F

F

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But much to my surprise

C

C

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when I opened my eyes

G

G

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I was a victim of the great compromise

C

C

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F

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