Crooked Piece of Time John Prine
[Intro]
[G] [G] [C] [C/B] [A7]
[D] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[Verse]
[G]Things got rough, things got tough,
[C]Things got [C/B]harder than [A7]hard
[D7]We were just tryin' to make a living
In [C]our [D]back[G] yard
We were [G]born too late, died too soon.
An[C]xiety's a [C/B]terrible [A7]crime
If you [D7]can't come now, don't come at all
'Cause it's a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
[Cborus]
It's a [G]crooked piece of time that we live in[C] [C/B] [A7]
[D7]All in all and all in all,
it was a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
[Instrumental]
[G] [G] [C] [C/B] [A7]
[D] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[Verse]
[G]Yesterday morning, an [C]ill [C/B]wind c[A7]ame
[D7]Blew your picture right [C]out of the [D]picture [G]frame
Even blew the candle out from [C]unde[C/B]rneath the f[A7]lame
[D7]Yesterday morning an [C]ill [D]wind [G]came
[Cborus]
It's a [G]crooked piece of time that we live in[C] [C/B] [A7]
[D7]All in all and all in all,
it was a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
[Instrumental]
[G] [G] [C] [C/B] [A7]
[D] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[G] [G] [C] [C/B] [A7]
[D] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[Verse]
[G]Things got rough, things got tough,
[C]Things got [C/B]harder than ha[A7]rd
[D7]We were just tryin' to make a living
In [C]our [D]back[G] yard
We were [G]born too late, died too soon.
An[C]xiety's a [G]terrible [A7]crime
If you [D7]can't come now, don't come at all
'Cause it's a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
[Cborus]
It's a [G]crooked piece of time that we live in[C] [C/B] [A7]
[D7]All in all and all in all,
it was a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
It's a [G]crooked piece of time that we live in[C] [C/B] [A7]
[D7]All in all and all in all,
it was a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
it was a [C]crooked [D]piece of [G]time
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