Barbara Lewis - John Prine - 40 bpm

The 
C
last time 

that I 

saw her, 

she was 
F
standing 
A7
in the 
D7
rain

With her 
G
over

coat un

der her 

arm, 

leanin’ on a 

horse head 
C
cane

She said 
C
Carl, 

take all the 

money. 

She called 
F
every
A7
body 
D7
Carl

My 
G
spirit's 

broke, my 

mind's a 

joke, and 

getting 

up's real 
C
hard.

	Don't you 
F
know her 

when you 

see her? 

She grew 
C
up in 

your back 
F
yard

	Come back 
F
to us 

Barbara 
C
Lewis, 

Hare 
G
Krishna 

Beaure
C
gard

Selling 
C
bibles 

at the 

airports, 

buying 
F
Quaaludes 
A7
on the 
D7
phone

Hey, you 
G
talk a

bout a 

paper 

route, she's a 

shut in with

out a 
C
home

God 
C
save her, 

please, she's 

nailed her 

knees to some 
F
drugstore 
A7
parking 
D7
lot

 
G
Hey, Mr. 

Brown turn the 

volume 

down I be

lieve this 

evening's 
C
shot

repeat chorus

Can you 
C
picture 

her next 

Thursday? 

Can you 
F
picture 
A7
her at 
D7
all?

In the 
G
Hotel 

Boulder

ado 

at the 

dark end 

of the 
C
hall.

I gotta 
C
shake my

self and 

wonder 

why she 
F
even 
A7
bothers 
D7
me

For if 
G
heartaches 

were com

mercials, 

we'd 

all be 

on T.
C
V.

repeat chorus

repeat chorus

repeat last line of chorus