Six O'Clock News
John PrineVersion1
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Wanda had a baby in nineteen fifty one.
The father was a stranger and a stranger was the son.
Call that child james lewis, call these rooms a home.
Changing all them diapers polish all that chrome.
Cmon, baby, spend the night with me
All around the schoolyard playing all the games
Running, laughing back and forth the kid with two first names
Stranger in the closet, lock the diary
The past is running faster singing harmony
Cmon, baby, spend the night with me
God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack shelf
The dinners almost ready go and wash yourself
Jimmys growing up now and wandas growing old
The time is growin shorter the nights are long and cold
Cmon, baby, spend the night with me
Sneaking in the closet and through the diary
Now, dont you know all he saw was all there was to see
The whole town saw jimmy on the six oclock news
His brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes
Cmon, baby, spend the night with me
Cmon, baby, spend the night with me
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Readable chord sheet for Six O'Clock News by John Prine
[G]Wanda had a [Em]baby[C] in nineteen fifty [G]one. [G]The father was a [Em]stranger and a [C]stranger was the [D]son. [C]Call that child james [D]lewis,[C] call these rooms a [D]home. [G]Changing all them [C]diapers[D] polish all that [G]chrome. [C]Cmon, baby,[D] spend the night with [G]me [G]All around the [Em]schoolyard[C] playing all the [G]games [G]Running, laughing [Em]back and forth[C] the kid with two first [D]names [C]Stranger in the [D]closet,[C] lock the [D]diary [G]The past is running [C]faster[D] singing harmo[G]ny [C]Cmon, baby,[D] spend the night with [G]me [G]God bless this [Em]kitchen[C] said the knick-knack [G]shelf [G]The dinners almost [Em]ready[C] go and wash your[D]self [C]Jimmys growing [D]up now[C] and wandas growing [D]old [G]The time is growin [C]shorter[D] the nights are long and [G]cold [C]Cmon, baby,[D] spend the night with [G]me [G]Sneaking in the [Em]closet[C] and through the dia[G]ry [G]Now, dont you know [Em]all he saw[C] was all there was to [D]see [C]The whole town saw [D]jimmy[C] on the six oclock [D]news [G]His brains were on the [C]sidewalk[D] and blood was on his [G]shoes [C]Cmon, baby,[D] spend the night with [G]me [C]Cmon, baby,[D] spend the night with [G]me