The Accident chords by John Prine

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse:
G+G                   C majorC            G+G
Last night I saw an accident on the co rner of the Third and Gr een
Two cars collided and I got excited
 A7A7            D7D7
J ust being part of that sc ene
     G+G
It was M rs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter
  G7G7           C majorC
Pa mela was driving the c ar
               G+G
They got hit by a man in a li ght blue sedan
      D MajorD          G+G
Who had ob viously been to a b ar

Chorus:
    C majorC             G+G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
    C majorC            D7D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
    G+G           C majorC
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
And rap ed by a m inor ity

Verse:
G+G                  C majorC           G+G
It was a four-way stop dilemma. We a ll arrived the same t ime
I yielded to the man to the right of me
      A7A7           D7D7
And he yie lded it right back to m ine
       G+G
Well, the yi eld when around and around and around
    G7G7       C majorC
Till Pa mela finally tr ied
              G+G
Just then the man in the li ght blue sedan
   D MajorD          G+G
Hit P amela's passenger si de
(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental)
C majorC G+G
C majorC D7D7
G+G C majorC
G+G D7D7 G+G

Verse:
G+G                     C majorC          G+G
Pamela hit her head on the mirror. Mrs. Wa lker got a bump on k nee
The man hit himself in the face and said
  A7A7            D7D7
"W hy does this happen to m e?"
    G+G
The ne ighbors came out and they gathered about
     G7G7         C majorC
Saying "H ey! who hit who an yway?"
                G+G
Then the police arrived at a qu arter to five
    D MajorD              G+G
And pr onounced all the victims "O kay"

Chorus:
    C majorC             G+G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
    C majorC            D7D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
    G+G           C majorC
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
And rap ed by a m inor ity