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Crooked Piece Of Time by John Prine
Crooked Piece Of Time
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G G C C/B A7
D D C D G
[Verse]
G
Things got rough, things got tough,
C C/B A7
Things got harder than hard
D7
We were just tryin' to make a living
C D G
In our back yard
G
We were born too late, died too soon.
C C/B A7
Anxiety's a terrible crime
D7
If you can't come now, don't come at all
C D G
'Cause it's a crooked piece of time
[Chorus]
G C C/B A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7
All in all and all in all,
C D G
it was a crooked piece of time
[Instrumental]
G G C C/B A7
D D C D G
[Verse]
G C C/B A7
Yesterday morning, an ill wind came
D7 C D G
Blew your picture right out of the picture frame
C C/B A7
Even blew the candle out from underneath the flame
D7 C D G
Yesterday morning an ill wind came
[Chorus]
G C C/B A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7
All in all and all in all,
C D G
it was a crooked piece of 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 C/B A7
Things got harder than hard
D7
We were just tryin' to make a living
C D G
In our back yard
G
We were born too late, died too soon.
C G A7
Anxiety's a terrible crime
D7
If you can't come now, don't come at all
C D G
'Cause it's a crooked piece of time
[Chorus]
G C C/B A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7
All in all and all in all,
C D G
it was a crooked piece of time
G C C/B A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7
All in all and all in all,
C D G
it was a crooked piece of time
C D G
it was a crooked piece of time
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