Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
Tuning:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DAY IS DONE – JOHN PRINE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Music & Lyrics by John Prine
Album: Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings (1995)
Tuning: Standard, no capo
Key: G
Tabbed by Robert Saunders
CHORDS:
G: 320022
D: X00232
A: X02220
NOTES:
I stumbled upon this song serendipitously when searching for Nick Drake’s song of the same name. No weird
tunings or funky chords with John Prine - just three simple chords with the thumb playing the alternating
bass notes throughout.
The verse has exactly the same chords as the intro, although the picking pattern is a bit simpler. I’m not
sure I’ve got the pattern exactly as John Prine plays it in the verse but I would suggest it’s best to mix
it up a bit anyway.
Let me know if you have any suggestions and I will be happy to make corrections.
INTRO:
G G D D
E|--|-------3--------|-------3--------|---------2------|-------2-------0|
B|--|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|-0|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|--|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
A A D D
E|----------------|-----------0---0|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|---2------------|-------2--------|---3------------|-3---------3----|
G|-------2--------|---2------------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|-------2--------|-------2-------0|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-0h3-----3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
A A D D
E|----------------|-----------0---0|----------------|-------2--------|
B|---2------------|-------2--------|---3-----3------|-3---------3----|
G|-------2-------2|---2------------|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE TEMPLATE (same chords as intro):
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|--------2-------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
Do you like me? Well 1 hope you do Cause if
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|-------2--------|----------------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-2--------------|-------2--------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
you like I think like you We
me then I’m gonna have to too
G G D D
E|-------3--------|-------3--------|--------2-------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-----------3----|----------------|-3--------------|
G|----------------|-0--------------|-2---2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|----------------|----------------|
share and have some fun Then we’ll
our things
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|-------2--------|----------------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-2---------2----|-------2--------|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2-0|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
say goodbye and go back home day is done
when the
OUTRO:
A A D D
E|----------------|----------------|-------2--------|-------2--------|
B|----------------|-------2--------|-----------3----|-3---------3----|
G|-------2--------|-----------2----|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2--|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|
A|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
let’s say goodbye and go back home day us done
when the
D D D
E|-------2--------|-------2--------|----------------|
B|-3---------3----|-3---------3----|-3--------------|
G|-----0-------0--|-----2-------2--|----------------|
D|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0--------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
LYRICS & CHORDS
Do Gyou like me? Well I Dhope you do,
‘Cause if Ayou like me, then I think I'm gonna have to Dlike you too.
We'll Gshare our things, and Dhave some fun,
Then we'll Asay goodbye and go back home when the Dday is done.
If Gyou tell me, I'll Dtell you too,
And we'll Asay the things and do the things that Dlovers do.
We'll keep it Gto ourselves, we won't Dhurt no one
Then we'll Asay goodbye, and go back home when the Dday is done.
We'll Gcarve our names, Don a tree
Then we'll Aburn it down so no one in the Dworld will see.
And Gwe'll make love, while we Dwatch the flame
Then we'll Awalk away as if we never Dhad no shame.
Now Gwe must hide, to Dbe alone
And Awe can't say our sweet things on the Dtelephone.
If Gwe can't stop, what Dwe've begun,
We should Asay goodbye and go back home when the Dday is done.
Do you Gstill like me? Well I Dhope you do.
Cause if you sAtill like me then I think I'm gonna have to Dstill like you.
We Gshared our things, and Dhad some fun
Now we'll Asay goodbye and go back home when the Dday is done.
Yeah, we'll Asay goodbye and go back home while we Dstill have one.
Let's Asay goodbye and go back home now the Dday is done.