Often Is A Word I Seldom Use chords by John Prine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
   D                A
I know that you're sad
   D                A
I know that you're lonely
     D    A        E         A
You lie awake till way past when
   D           A
I want you to know
          D           A
That I'm leaving you only
   D           A            E      A
'Cause I might not get the chance again

Chorus:
       D            A
I'm cold and I'm tired
        D           A
And I can't stop coughing
   D           A         E          A
Long enough to tell you all of the news
      D       A
I'd like to tell you
           D            A
That I'll see you more often
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
  D         A            D      A   D   E A
Tell me, where did the weekend go?
  D         A            E      A   D   E A
Tell me, where did the weekend go?
  D         A            D      A   D   E A
Went like thunder, felt like snow
D         A            E      A     D   E A
Went like thunder, felt like snow


Verse 2:
  D         A        D        A
You must think my life's a circus
   D         A
Watching me laughing
       E          A
And slapping my thighs
   D              A
How'd you like to die
        D          A
In the house of mirrors
       D        A        E         A
With nobody around to close your eyes?


Chorus:
       D            A
I'm cold and I'm tired
        D           A
And I can't stop coughing
   D           A         E          A
Long enough to tell you all of the news
      D       A
I'd like to tell you
           D            A
That I'll see you more often
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
  D         A            D      A   D   E A
Tell me, where did the weekend go?
  D         A            E      A   D   E A
Tell me, where did the weekend go?
  D         A            D      A   D   E A
Went like thunder, felt like snow
D         A            E      A     D   E A
Went like thunder, felt like snow


Verse 3:
  D     A             D       A
Going down to the Greyhound station
  D         A
Going back home
    E            A
And get what's mine
  D        A
Got me a date
          D            A
With the ten o'clock special
   D        A          E          A
Gonna be there at a quarter to nine


Chorus:
       D            A
I'm cold and I'm tired
        D           A
And I can't stop coughing
   D           A         E          A
Long enough to tell you all of the news
      D       A
I'd like to tell you
           D            A
That I'll see you more often
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use
   D        A       E     A
Often is a word I seldom use