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Tuning: E A D G B E
“Crooked Piece of Time” by John Prine from the album Bruised Orange [Intro] G G C C/B A7 D D C D G [Verse]
GThings got rough, things got tough, CThings got C/Bharder than A7hard D7We were just tryin' to make a living In Cour DbackG yard We were Gborn too late, died too soon. AnCxiety's a C/Bterrible A7crime If you D7can't come now, don't come at all 'Cause it's a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime
[Chorus]
It's a Gcrooked piece of time that we live in C C/B A7 D7All in all and all in all, it was a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime
[Instrumental] G G C C/B A7 D D C D G [Verse]
GYesterday morning, an Cill C/Bwind cA7ame D7Blew your picture right Cout of the Dpicture Gframe Even blew the candle out from CundeC/Brneath the fA7lame D7Yesterday morning an Cill Dwind Gcame
[Chorus]
It's a Gcrooked piece of time that we live in C C/B A7 D7All in all and all in all, it was a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime
[Instrumental] G G C C/B A7 D D C D G G G C C/B A7 D D C D G [Verse]
GThings got rough, things got tough, CThings got C/Bharder than haA7rd D7We were just tryin' to make a living In Cour DbackG yard We were Gborn too late, died too soon. AnCxiety's a Gterrible A7crime If you D7can't come now, don't come at all 'Cause it's a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime
[Chorus]
It's a Gcrooked piece of time that we live in C C/B A7 D7All in all and all in all, it was a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime It's a Gcrooked piece of time that we live in C C/B A7 D7All in all and all in all, it was a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime it was a Ccrooked Dpiece of Gtime