The Accident chords by John Prine

Intro:
C G D G

Verse:
G                                      C                        G
Last night I saw an accident on the co rner of the Third and Gr een
Two cars collided and I got excited
  A7                        D7
J ust being part of that sc ene
         G
It was M rs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter
   G7                     C
Pa mela was driving the c ar
                              G
They got hit by a man in a li ght blue sedan
           D                   G
Who had ob viously been to a b ar

Chorus:
       C                          G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
        C                        D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
       G                     C
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
        G         D7   G
And rap ed by a m inor ity

Verse:
G                                    C                     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
           A7                      D7
And he yie lded it right back to m ine
             G
Well, the yi eld when around and around and around
        G7              C
Till Pa mela finally tr ied
                            G
Just then the man in the li ght blue sedan
      D                    G
Hit P amela's passenger si de
(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental)
C G
C D7
G C
G D7 G

Verse:
G                                          C                    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
   A7                       D7
"W hy does this happen to m e?"
       G
The ne ighbors came out and they gathered about
          G7                 C
Saying "H ey! who hit who an yway?"
                                G
Then the police arrived at a qu arter to five
       D                           G
And pr onounced all the victims "O kay"

Chorus:
       C                          G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
        C                        D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
       G                     C
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
        G         D7   G
And rap ed by a m inor ity