The Way The Whole Thing Ends chords by Gillian Welch
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: Ab ♫ Intro: G ♫ Verse 1: G Say you wanna see my garden G And you wanna make it shine G Say you wanna see my blue jeans G
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Hanging on your old clothesline
♫ Chorus 1:
C D
Standing in the back door crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D G
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Verse 2:
G
Now what's a little baby doing
G
Dressing up in banker's clothes?
G
What's a little sweetheart like you
G
Doing with a bloody nose?
♫ Chorus 2:
C D
Standing in the backdoor crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D G
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Verse 3:
G
Now once you had a hook and ladder
G
Up into the headless night
G
Once you had a motorcycle
G
But you couldn't ride it right
♫ Chorus 2:
C D
Standing in the backdoor crying
G C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D G
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Verse 4:
G
Now someone said something one time
G
But Daddy didn't talk too loud
G
People ought to stick together
G
That's the way to make a crowd
♫ Chorus 3:
C D
But here you come, alone and crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D C
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Verse 5:
G
Mama's in the beauty parlor
G
And Daddy's in the baseball pool
G
Sister's in the drive-in movie
G
Brother's in the old high school
♫ Chorus 4:
C D
Now here you come, alone and crying
G C
Once, you know, you were my friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D G
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Chorus 1:
C D
Standing in the back door crying
G C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7 Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D G
That's the way the whole thing ends
♫ Outro:
G C D G
C E7 D G Published:
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