The Third of July
John Prine - The Missing Years - 1991
{title: The Third of July}
{subtitle: John Prine}
{key: Dm}
{ci: Verse 1}
[Dm]It was the third of Jul[F]y on a [C]cool cloudy sky
I [G]set in for a storm in the [Dm]makin'
I relaxed as I [F]sat up in our [C]three room flat
While my [G]wife was in the kitchen [Dm]bakin'
Thoughts passed through my mind of no special kind
Like faces that look like the others
Tomorrow they say is Independence Day
And I guess I'll go eat at my brother's
{ci: Verse 2}
I believe that a thought has just gotten caught
In a place where words can't surround it
It concerns the years past and the shadows they cast
And my path as I walk around it
{ci: Verse 3}
[Dm]It was the third of Jul[F]y on a [C]cool cloudy sky
I [G]set in for a storm in the [Dm]makin'
I relaxed as I [F]sat up in our [C]three room flat
While my [G]wife was in the kitchen [Dm]bakin'
Thoughts passed through my mind of no special kind
Like faces that look like the others
Tomorrow they say is Independence Day
And I guess I'll go eat at my brother's
✎