Crooked Piece Of Time chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

“Crooked Piece of Time”
by John Prine
from the album Bruised Orange


Intro:
G+G  G+G  C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
D MajorD  D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  G+G

Verse:
G+G
Things got rough, things got tough,
C majorC     C/BC/B     A7A7
Things got harder than hard
D7D7
We were just tryin' to make a living
  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
In our back yard
    G+G
We were born too late, died too soon.
 C majorC     C/BC/B   A7A7
Anxiety's a terrible crime
    D7D7
If you can't come now, don't come at all
       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
'Cause it's a crooked piece of time

Chorus:
    G+G                   C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7D7
All in all and all in all,
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
it was a crooked piece of time

Instrumental:
G+G  G+G  C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
D MajorD  D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  G+G

Verse:
G+G           C majorC  C/BC/B  A7A7
Yesterday morning, an ill wind came
D7D7           C majorC     D MajorD    G+G
Blew your picture right out of the picture frame
               C majorC  C/BC/B     A7A7
Even blew the candle out from underneath the flame
D7D7          C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Yesterday morning an ill wind came

Chorus:
    G+G                   C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7D7
All in all and all in all,
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
it was a crooked piece of time

Instrumental:
G+G  G+G  C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
D MajorD  D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  G+G
G MajorG  G+G  C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
D MajorD  D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD  G+G

Verse:
G+G
Things got rough, things got tough,
C majorC     C/BC/B      A7A7
Things got harder than hard
D7D7
We were just tryin' to make a living
  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
In our back yard
    G+G
We were born too late, died too soon.
 C majorC     G+G    A7A7
Anxiety's a terrible crime
    D7D7
If you can't come now, don't come at all
       C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
'Cause it's a crooked piece of time

Chorus:
    G+G                   C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7D7
All in all and all in all,
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
it was a crooked piece of time
    G+G                   C majorC C/BC/B A7A7
It's a crooked piece of time that we live in
D7D7
All in all and all in all,
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
it was a crooked piece of time
     C majorC    D MajorD    G+G
it was a crooked piece of time