Ichabod And Abraham

D                            
He put on his shirt carefully, 
          Bm
making sure that the buttons matched
 up
              G
His sleeves were always too short
But at least it meant he could 
D                  A
always see his watch
             D
And often he checked the time
             Bm
And it would be stopped
                         G
He always thought it was broken
But then he'd remember he had to 
         D  A
wind it, oh
                    D       
Though he knew some day he'd 
                            Bm
remember to wind it and it wouldn't 
work after all
                    G              
Maybe that would happen on the 
               D                A
exact day he didn't think it was 
broken


[Chorus]

                      D
Isn't that the way it works
                      Bm
Isn't that the way it goes
                 G
While the fox he lurks
                      D
And while the rooster crows
A                         D
Isn't that the way things are
                        Bm
The way the world ain't flat
                         G         
But you can only run so far before 
            D      A    D
you make it back


[Verse 2]

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D                             
He could drink from the sink by 
                              Bm
craning his head far to one side
                        G          
The day he figured that out, one of
            D
 the horses died
A                 D
It was one of the twins that barely 
a week'd been alive
           Bm
It was the one who could barely 
stand
                 G                 
We'd wrapped his legs with gauze 
                            D      
and bandages from inside from one 
            A
of the kitchen drawers
             Bm
We called him stretch
              G
Cuz he was so skinny and tall
                D
Momma said both twins rarely live 
with horses
                A
We was lucky to have one livin at 
all
              D                 
And me and my momma slept in the 
                           Bm
stall next to them in the bed of a 
pickup
                  G       D    A
All us kids piled in
                              D
I remember the momma horse lickin 
and cleaning up her newborn babies
Bm
She was working so hard (she was 
working so hard)
G                    D
She was working so hard (she was 
working so hard)
A               Bm
She was working so hard
                G
She was working so hard
                D
She was working so hard
                A
She was working so hard


[Chorus]
                      D
Isn't that the way it works
                      Bm
Isn't that the way it goes
                 G
While the fox he lurks
                      D
And while the rooster crows
 A                        D
Isn't that the way things are
                        Bm
The way the world ain't flat
                         G         
But you can only run so far before 
            D      A
you make it back


                      Bm
Isn't that the way it works
                      G
Isn't that the way it goes
                 D
While the fox he lurks
                      A
And while the rooster crows
                          Bm
Isn't that the way things are
                         G
The way the world ain't flat
                    D              
You can only run so far before you 
        A
make it back
                    Bm
You can only run so far
                     G
You can only run so far
            D                      
Before you make it, before you make
    A      D  G D  A  D
 it back