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Crooked Piece Of Time Chords by John Prine

Crooked Piece Of Time chords by John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

“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:
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                                     C C/B A7
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:
G   G   C C/B A7
D   D   C D   G

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                                     C  C/B A7
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:
G   G   C C/B A7
D   D   C D   G
G   G   C C/B A7
D   D   C D   G

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                                     C  C/B  A7
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                                     C  C/B  A7
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

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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