Ain't Life A Brook Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I watch you rea[Am]ding a boo[G]k
I get to thinking [Am]our
Love's a polished stone
You give me a long drawn look
I know pretty soon
You're gonna leave our [G]home
And of course I mind
Especially when [Am]I'm
Thinking from my heart
But life don't clickety- clack
Down a straight- line track
It comes together and it comes [G]apart
You say you [C]hope I'm not the [D]kind
To make you [Em]feel ob[Bm]liged
To [C]go ticking through your [D]time
With a [Em]pained look [Bm]in your e[C]yes
You give me the fur[D]niture
Well di[G]vide [Em]the photographs
Go out [C]to dinner one more time
Have ourselves a bottle of wine
And a couple of laughs

[Verse 2]
When first you [G]left I stayed
so [Em]sad[Am]
I wouldn't sleep
I know love's a gift
I thought yours was mine
And something
That I could [G]keep
Now I realize
Time is [Em]not the [Am]only compromise
A bird in the hand
Could be an all- night stand
Between a blazing fire
And a pocket [G]of skies
So [C]I hope I'm not the k[D]ind
To make [Em]you feel o[Am]b li[Bm]ged
To [C]go ticking through [D]your time
With [Em]a pained look
[Bm]in your ey[C]es
I covered the fur[D]niture
[G]I framed the pho[Em]tographs
Went out [C]to dinner one more time
Had myself a bottle of wine
And a couple of laughs
Just the other [G]day
I got [Am]your letter in the mail
I'm happy for you
It's been so long
You've been wanting
A cabin and a backwoods [G]trail
And I think that's great
Me I seem [Am]to find myself in school
It's all okay
I just want to say
I'm so relieved
We didn't do it cruel
[G]

[Verse 3]
But ain't life a brook
Just [Am]when I get to
Feeling like a polished stone
I get me a long drawn look
It's kind of a drag
[Em]To find yourself alone[Am]
[G]And sometimes I mind
[Am]Especially when I'm
Waiting on your heart
But life don't clickety- clack
Down a straight- line track
It comes together
And it comes [G]apart
'Cause I [C]know you're [D]not the kind
To make me [Em]feel ob[Bm]liged
To [C]go ticking through my [D]time
With a [Em]pained look [Bm]in my e[C]yes
[D]I sold the furniture
I put [G]away [Em]the photographs
Went out [C]to dinner one last time
Had myseff a bottle of wine
And a couple of laughs
For wasn't [D]it fine

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