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THE GREAT COMPROMISE
As recorded by John Prine
(From the 1972 Album DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I knew a girl who was almost a lady
          E                           B
She had a way with all the men in her life
      F#
Every inch of her blossomed in beauty
            E                        B
And she was born on the fourth of July

[Verse 2]
B
Well she lived in an aluminum house trailer
        E                       B
And she worked in a juke box saloon
        F#
And she spent all the money I give her
        E                        B
Just to see the old man in the moon

[Chorus]
B
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
      E                       B
And awake in the dawn's early light
            E
But much to my surprise
       B
When I opened my eyes
        F#                        B
I was a victim of the great compromise

[Verse 3]
B
Well we'd go out on Saturday evenings
       E                  B
To the drive-in on Route 41
           F#
And it was there that I first suspected
             E                        B
That she was doin' what she'd already done

[Verse 4]
B
She said "Johnny won't you get me some popcorn"
        E                          B
And she knew I had to walk pretty far
       F#
And as soon as I passed through the moonlight
           E              B
She hopped into a foreign sports car

[Chorus]
B
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
     E                        B
And awake in the dawn's early light
         E
But much to my surprise
       B
When I opened my eyes
        F#                        B
I was a victim of the great compromise

[Verse 5]
B
Well you know I could have beat up that fellow
           E                              B
But it was her that had hopped into his car
     F#
Many times I'd fought to protect her
         F#                     B
But this time she was goin' too far

[Verse 6]
B
Now some folks they call me a coward
        E                                 B
Cause I left her at the drive-in that night
        F#
But I'd rather have names thrown at me
        E                                 B
Than to fight for a thing that ain't right

[Chorus]
B
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
     E                        B
And awake in the dawn's early light
            E
But much to my surprise
       B
When I opened my eyes
        F#                        B
I was a victim of the great compromise

[Verse 7]
B
Now she writes all the fellows love letters
        E                                B
Saying "Greetings, come and see me real soon"
         F#
And they go and line up in the barroom
              E                          B
And spend the night in that sick woman's room

[Verse 8]
B
But sometimes I get awful lonesome
      E                       B
And I wish she was my girl instead
        F#
But she won't let me live with her
        E                   B
And she makes me live in my head

[Out-Chorus]
B
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
     E                        B
And awake in the dawn's early light
            E
But much to my surprise
       B
When I opened my eyes
        F#                        B
I was a victim of the great compromise

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