Ain't Life A Brook chords by Ferron

Intro D G Em D

D
I watch you reading a book
           G
I get to thinking our love's a polished stone
        Em
You give me a long drawn look
                       D
I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home



And of course I mind
          G
Especially when I'm thinking from my heart
        Em
But life don't clickety clack down

A straight line track
                 D
It comes together and it comes apart

      G         A
You say you hope I'm not the kind
      Bm    F#
To make you feel obliged
D  G           A
To go ticking through your time
    Bm    F#  D  G
With a pained look in your eyes
         A
You give me the furniture
    Bm    F#   D
We'll divide the photographs
   G
Go out to dinner one more time

Have ourselves a bottle of wine
        Em
And a couple of laughs

           D
And when first you left
      G
I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep
       Em
I know that love's a gift, I thought yours was mine
              D
And something that I could keep
                 G
Now I realize that time is not the only compromise
   Em
But a bird in the hand could be an all night stand
                     D
Between a blazing fire and a pocket of skies

  G         A
So I hope I'm not the kind
      Bm   F#
To make you feel obliged
D  G           A
To go ticking through your time
    Bm    F#  D  G
With a pained look in your eyes
         A     D         Bm
I covered the furniture, I framed the photographs
    G
Went out to dinner one more time
                      Em
Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs

          D
And just the other day
     G
I got your letter in the mail
       Em
I'm happy for you, its been so long
                      D
You've been wanting a cabin and a backwoods trail

And I think that's great me
     G
I seem to find myself in school
     Em
It's all Ok, I just want to say
                D
I'm so relieved we didn't do it cruel

But ain't life a brook
           G
Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone
      Em
I give me along drawn look
                    D
It's kind of a drag to find yourself alone

And sometimes I mind
          G
Especially when I'm waiting on your heart
        Em
But life don't clickety clack down

A straight line track
                D
It comes together and it comes apart

    G          A
Cause I know you're not the kind
      Bm   F#
To make me feel obliged
D  G          A
To go ticking through my time
    Bm    F#  D G
With a pained look in my eyes
      A         Bm   F#   D
I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs
    G
Went out to dinner one more time
      Em
Skipped the bottle of wine

Had a couple of laughs
        D
And wasn't it fine