Crooked Piece of Time

🎤 John Prine 🎵 Key: C

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Intro GGCCA7 DDCDG 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 A7B 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 GGCCA7 DDCDG 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 A7B 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 GGCCA7 DDCDG GGCCA7 DDCDG 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 A7B 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 A7B 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