The Way The Whole Thing Ends

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 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