Crooked Piece of Time - John Prine - 70 bpm

 
G
Things got 

rough, 

things got 

tough,

 
C
Things got 
G
harder than 
A7
hard

 
D7
We were just 

tryin' to make a 

living

In 
C
our 
D7
back 
G
yard

We were 
G
born too 

late, 

died too 

soon.

Anx
C
iety's a 
G
terrible 
A7
crime

If you 
D7
can't come 

now, don't 

come at 

all

'Cause it's a 
C
crooked 
D7
piece of 
G
time

It's a 
G
crooked 

piece of 

time that we 

live in 

 
C - 
G - 
A7

 
D7
All in 

all and 

all in 

all,

It was a 
C
crooked 
D7
piece of 
G
time

 
G
Just 

yesterday 

morning, 

an 
C
ill 
G
wind 
A7
came

It 
D7
came and 

blew your 

picture 

Right 
C
out of the 
D7
picture 
G
frame

 
G
Even 

blew the 

candle in the 

window 

 
C
out from 
G
under the 
A7
flame

 
D7
Just 

yesterday 

morning 

an 
C
ill 
D7
wind 
G
came