Chords for Ain't Life A Brook - Ferron
Tempo:
122.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Bm
Em
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G]
[D] [Em] Here's a song for [G] all of you who maybe were [Em] in a bad thing and got out of it and knew it.
[D] And some of you were in a good thing and you got out of it and you didn't know it.
That [Dm] is a drag.
That's called remorse.
[Cm] [D]
[G]
And totally this is a song for anybody who's in a good thing and does know it.
[D]
I watch you reading a book.
I get to [Bm] thinking our love's a polished stone.
You're giving me [Em] a long drawn look.
I know pretty soon you're gonna leave [D] our home.
And of course I mind.
Especially when [Bm] I'm thinking from my heart.
[D] But life [Em] don't clickety clack [G] down a straight line.
Track it, come together and it come [D] apart.
[G] You say you hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to [D] make you [Bm] feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] eyes.
[D] You give me the [A] furniture.
[D] We'll divide the [Bm] photograph.
[G] Go out to dinner one more time.
Have ourselves a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
And when [D] first you left, I [G] stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep.
I know that [Em] love's a gift I thought yours was mine.
And something that I [D] could keep.
Now I realize time [G] is not the only compromise.
[D] A bird in [Em] the hand could be an all night stand between a blazing fire and a pocket [D] of skies.
[G] And so I hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] you feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G]
eyes.
I [Bm] cover [A] the furniture.
[D] I frame the [Bm] photograph.
[B]
[Bm] [G] Went out to dinner one more time.
Have myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
And just the [Gm] other [D] day, I [Bm] got your letter in the mail.
I'm happy [Em] for you.
It's been so long.
You've been wanting a cabin and a [D] backwoods trail.
And I think that's great.
Me, I seem [G] to find [Bm] myself in school.
[D] It's all [Em] OK.
I just want to say I'm so relieved we didn't [D] do it cruel.
But ain't life a brook?
Just when I get to [G] feeling like a polished stone, I get me a [Em] long drawn look.
It's kind of a drag to find [D] yourself alone.
And sometimes I'm mine, especially when [G] I'm waiting on your heart.
But [Em] life don't clickity clack down a straight line.
Check it, come together and it come [D] apart.
[G] Because I know you're [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] me feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking [D] through [A] my time with [Bm] a paint.
[D] Look in [G] my eyes.
[D] I [A] sold the furniture.
[D] I put away the [Bm] photograph.
[B] Went [G] out to dinner one last time.
Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
But [D] wasn't it fun?
[G] [Bm]
[Em]
[D]
[N]
[Bb]
[G]
[D] [Em] Here's a song for [G] all of you who maybe were [Em] in a bad thing and got out of it and knew it.
[D] And some of you were in a good thing and you got out of it and you didn't know it.
That [Dm] is a drag.
That's called remorse.
[Cm] [D]
[G]
And totally this is a song for anybody who's in a good thing and does know it.
[D]
I watch you reading a book.
I get to [Bm] thinking our love's a polished stone.
You're giving me [Em] a long drawn look.
I know pretty soon you're gonna leave [D] our home.
And of course I mind.
Especially when [Bm] I'm thinking from my heart.
[D] But life [Em] don't clickety clack [G] down a straight line.
Track it, come together and it come [D] apart.
[G] You say you hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to [D] make you [Bm] feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] eyes.
[D] You give me the [A] furniture.
[D] We'll divide the [Bm] photograph.
[G] Go out to dinner one more time.
Have ourselves a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
And when [D] first you left, I [G] stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep.
I know that [Em] love's a gift I thought yours was mine.
And something that I [D] could keep.
Now I realize time [G] is not the only compromise.
[D] A bird in [Em] the hand could be an all night stand between a blazing fire and a pocket [D] of skies.
[G] And so I hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] you feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G]
eyes.
I [Bm] cover [A] the furniture.
[D] I frame the [Bm] photograph.
[B]
[Bm] [G] Went out to dinner one more time.
Have myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
And just the [Gm] other [D] day, I [Bm] got your letter in the mail.
I'm happy [Em] for you.
It's been so long.
You've been wanting a cabin and a [D] backwoods trail.
And I think that's great.
Me, I seem [G] to find [Bm] myself in school.
[D] It's all [Em] OK.
I just want to say I'm so relieved we didn't [D] do it cruel.
But ain't life a brook?
Just when I get to [G] feeling like a polished stone, I get me a [Em] long drawn look.
It's kind of a drag to find [D] yourself alone.
And sometimes I'm mine, especially when [G] I'm waiting on your heart.
But [Em] life don't clickity clack down a straight line.
Check it, come together and it come [D] apart.
[G] Because I know you're [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] me feel [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking [D] through [A] my time with [Bm] a paint.
[D] Look in [G] my eyes.
[D] I [A] sold the furniture.
[D] I put away the [Bm] photograph.
[B] Went [G] out to dinner one last time.
Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
But [D] wasn't it fun?
[G] [Bm]
[Em]
[D]
[N]
[Bb]
Key:
D
G
Bm
Em
A
D
G
Bm
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] Here's a song for [G] all of you who maybe were [Em] in a bad thing and got out of it and _ knew it. _
[D] _ And some of you were in a good thing and you got out of it and you didn't know it.
_ That [Dm] is a drag. _ _
_ _ That's called remorse.
_ [Cm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And totally this is a song for anybody who's in a good thing and does know it.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I watch you reading a book.
_ I get to [Bm] thinking our love's a polished stone.
You're giving me [Em] a long drawn look.
I know pretty soon you're gonna leave [D] our home.
And of course I mind.
_ _ Especially when [Bm] I'm thinking from my heart.
[D] But life [Em] don't clickety clack [G] down a straight line.
Track it, come together and it come [D] apart.
_ [G] You say you hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to [D] make you [Bm] feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] eyes.
[D] You give me the [A] furniture.
[D] We'll divide the [Bm] photograph.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Go out to dinner one more time.
_ Have ourselves a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And when [D] first you left, _ _ I [G] stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep.
I know that [Em] love's a gift I thought yours was mine.
And something that I [D] could keep.
Now I realize _ _ time [G] is not the only compromise.
_ [D] A bird in [Em] the hand could be an all night stand between a blazing fire and a pocket [D] of skies.
[G] And so I hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] you feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] _
eyes.
I [Bm] cover [A] the furniture.
_ [D] I frame the [Bm] photograph.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] [G] Went out to dinner one more time. _
Have myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
_ _ And just the [Gm] other [D] day, _ _ _ I [Bm] got your letter in the mail.
I'm happy [Em] for you.
It's been so long.
You've been wanting a cabin and a [D] backwoods trail.
And I think that's great.
_ _ Me, I seem [G] to find [Bm] myself in school.
[D] It's all [Em] OK.
I just want to say _ I'm so relieved we didn't [D] do it cruel.
But ain't life a brook? _ _
Just when I get to [G] feeling like a polished stone, I get me a [Em] long drawn look.
It's kind of a drag to find [D] yourself alone.
And sometimes I'm mine, _ especially when [G] I'm waiting on your heart.
But [Em] life don't clickity clack down a straight line.
Check it, come together and it come [D] apart.
_ [G] Because I know you're [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] me feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking [D] through [A] my time with [Bm] a paint. _
[D] Look in [G] my eyes.
[D] I [A] sold the furniture.
[D] I put away the [Bm] photograph. _
_ _ _ _ [B] Went [G] out to dinner one last time.
_ Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of _ _ _ laughs.
But [D] wasn't it fun? _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Em] Here's a song for [G] all of you who maybe were [Em] in a bad thing and got out of it and _ knew it. _
[D] _ And some of you were in a good thing and you got out of it and you didn't know it.
_ That [Dm] is a drag. _ _
_ _ That's called remorse.
_ [Cm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And totally this is a song for anybody who's in a good thing and does know it.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I watch you reading a book.
_ I get to [Bm] thinking our love's a polished stone.
You're giving me [Em] a long drawn look.
I know pretty soon you're gonna leave [D] our home.
And of course I mind.
_ _ Especially when [Bm] I'm thinking from my heart.
[D] But life [Em] don't clickety clack [G] down a straight line.
Track it, come together and it come [D] apart.
_ [G] You say you hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to [D] make you [Bm] feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] eyes.
[D] You give me the [A] furniture.
[D] We'll divide the [Bm] photograph.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Go out to dinner one more time.
_ Have ourselves a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And when [D] first you left, _ _ I [G] stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep.
I know that [Em] love's a gift I thought yours was mine.
And something that I [D] could keep.
Now I realize _ _ time [G] is not the only compromise.
_ [D] A bird in [Em] the hand could be an all night stand between a blazing fire and a pocket [D] of skies.
[G] And so I hope I'm [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] you feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking through [A] your time [Bm] with a paint.
[D] Look in your [G] _
eyes.
I [Bm] cover [A] the furniture.
_ [D] I frame the [Bm] photograph.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] [G] Went out to dinner one more time. _
Have myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs.
_ _ And just the [Gm] other [D] day, _ _ _ I [Bm] got your letter in the mail.
I'm happy [Em] for you.
It's been so long.
You've been wanting a cabin and a [D] backwoods trail.
And I think that's great.
_ _ Me, I seem [G] to find [Bm] myself in school.
[D] It's all [Em] OK.
I just want to say _ I'm so relieved we didn't [D] do it cruel.
But ain't life a brook? _ _
Just when I get to [G] feeling like a polished stone, I get me a [Em] long drawn look.
It's kind of a drag to find [D] yourself alone.
And sometimes I'm mine, _ especially when [G] I'm waiting on your heart.
But [Em] life don't clickity clack down a straight line.
Check it, come together and it come [D] apart.
_ [G] Because I know you're [D] not the [A] kind to make [Bm] me feel _ [D] obliged to [G] go.
Taking [D] through [A] my time with [Bm] a paint. _
[D] Look in [G] my eyes.
[D] I [A] sold the furniture.
[D] I put away the [Bm] photograph. _
_ _ _ _ [B] Went [G] out to dinner one last time.
_ Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of _ _ _ laughs.
But [D] wasn't it fun? _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _