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Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone) by John Prine
Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:1st fret
The song’s actually in the key of Eb, but I’m guessing
he plays it in D with the capo on the 1st fret.
[intro]
D
[verse]
D
If you like your apples sweet
D
And your streets are not concrete
A
You’d be in your bed by 9 every night
A
Take your hand-spanked, corn-fed gal
A
And your best friend’s four-eyed pal
A D
To a treat right down the street that’s dynamite
D
Well, let your conscience be your guide
D
If you put your foot inside
D7 G
You wish you left your well enough alone
G
When you got hell to pay,
D B7
Put the truth on layaway and
E A D
Blame it on that ol’ crazy bone
[Chorus]
G D
Crazy bone, crazy bone
E7 A
Well you wish you left your well enough alone
G
When you got hell to pay,
D B7
Put the truth on layaway and
E A D
And blame it on that ol’ crazy bone
[Verse]
D
Don’t be stuck up in Alaska
D
When you should be up in Nebraska
A
On a Thursday when it’s egg & daughter nite
A
When the farmers come to town
A
And they spread them eggs around
A D
And they drop their daughters down at the roller rink
D
Well, you’re probably standing there
D
With your slicked-back Brylcreem hair
D7 G
Your Luckys and your daddy’s fine-tooth comb
G
If they knew what you were thinking,
D B7
They’d run you out of Lincoln
E A D
Just blame it on that ol’ crazy bone.
[Chorus]
G D
Crazy bone, crazy bone
E7 A
Well you must’ve left your wisdom tooth at home
G
If they knew what you were thinking,
D B7
They’d run you out of Lincoln
E A D
Just blame it on that ol’ crazy bone
[Instrumental]
D D D A
A A A D
[Verse]
D
When the grandkids all are grown
D
And they’ve put you in a home
D A
And eternity is approaching fast
A
Yeah, you’re half out of your head
A
And you probably pissed the bed
A D
And you can’t see a thing to save your ass
D
When far across the prairie
D
In the local cemetery
D7
They already got your name
G
Carved out in stone
G
When all them nurses say,
D B7
“Grandpa, why you walk that way?”
E A D B7
Just blame it on that ol’ crazy bone
E A
Yeah, blame it on that ol’ crazy
[Chorus]
G D
Bone, crazy bone
E7 A
And everybody in that olD folks home
G
If they knew what you were thinking,
D B7
They’d run you out of Lincoln
E A D B7
Just blame it on that ol’ crazy bone
E A D B7
And everybody in that ol’ folks home
E A D
Yeah, blame it on that ol’ crazy bone.
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
A D
If you like your apples sweet,
A D
And your streets are not concrete,
D A
You'll be in your bed by nine every night,
D A D
Take your hand-spanked, corn-fed gal,
A
And your best friend's four-eyed pal,
A D
To a treat right down the street that's dynamite,
D
Now let your conscience be your guide,
G
If you put your foot inside,
D G
You wish you left your well-enough alone,
G D B
When you got hell to pay, put the truth on layaway,
E A D
And blame it on that ole' crazy bone.
[Chorus]
G D
Crazy bone (crazy bone), crazy bone (crazy bone),
E A Em7 A
Well you wish you'd left your well-enough alone,
G D B
When you got hell to pay, put the truth on layaway,
E A D
And blame it on the ole' crazy bone.
[Verse 2]
D
Don't be stuck up in Alaska, when you should be in Nebraska,
D A
On a Thursday when it's Egg & Daughter Nite,
A
When the farmers come to town,
A
And they spread them eggs around,
A D
And they drop their daughters down at the roller rink,
D
Well you're probably standing there
D
With your slicked-back, brylcreem hair,
D G
Your Lucky's and your daddy's fine-tooth comb,
G
If they knew what you were thinking.
D B
They'd run you out of Lincoln,
E A D
Just blame it on that ole' crazy bone,
[Chorus]
G D
Crazy bone (crazy bone), crazy bone (crazy bone),
E A
Well you must have left your wisdom tooth at home,
G
If they knew what you were thinking,
D B
They'd run you out of Lincoln,
E A D
Blame it on the ole' crazy bone.
[Verse 3]
D
When the grandkids all are grown,
D
And they put you in a home,
D A
And eternity is approaching fast,
A
Yeah you're half out of your head,
A
And you probably pissed the bed,
A D
And you can't see a thing to save your ass,
D
And far across the prairie (prairie),
D
In the local cemetery ('tery),
D G
They already got your name carved out in stone,
G D A B
When all them nurses say, "Grandpa why you walk that way?"
E A D
Just blame it on that ole' crazy bone,
E A
Yeah blame it on that ole' crazy...
[Chorus]
G D
bone (crazy bone), crazy bone (crazy bone),
E A
And everybody in that old folks' home,
G
If they knew what you were thinking,
D B
They'd run you out of Lincoln,
E7 A D
Blame it on the ole' crazy bone.
E7 A D B
And everybody in that old folks' home,
E7 A D
Yeah blame it on that ole' crazy bone.
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