Ain't Life a Brook

[Intro] D  G  Em  D

D
I watch you reading a book
                     G
I get to thinking our love's a 
polished stone
                Em
You give me a long drawn look
I know pretty soon you're going to 
          D
leave our home

And of course I mind
                   G
Especially when I'm thinking from my
 heart
                Em
But life don't clickety clack down

A straight line track
                                 D
It comes together and it comes apart

           G                 A
You say you hope I'm not the kind
            Bm       F#
To make you feel obliged
D    G                     A
To go ticking through your time
       Bm        F#    D   G
With a pained look in your eyes
                  A
You give me the furniture
        Bm       F#      D
We'll divide the photographs
      G
Go out to dinner one more time

Have ourselves a bottle of wine
                Em
And a couple of laughs

                      D
And when first you left
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            G
I stayed so sad I wouldn't sleep
              Em
I know that love's a gift, I thought
 yours was mine
                           D
And something that I could keep
                                  G
Now I realize that time is not the 
only compromise
      Em
But a bird in the hand could be an 
all night stand
Between a blazing fire and a pocket 
     D
of skies

    G                 A
So I hope I'm not the kind
            Bm     F#
To make you feel obliged
D    G                     A
To go ticking through your time
       Bm        F#    D   G
With a pained look in your eyes
                 A         Bm     
I covered the furniture, I framed 
    F#       D
the photographs
        G
Went out to dinner one more time
Had myself a bottle of wine and a 
          Em
couple of laughs

                   D
And just the other day
          G
I got your letter in the mail
              Em
I'm happy for you, its been so long
You've been wanting a cabin and a 
          D
backwoods trail

And I think that's great...me
         G
I seem to find myself in school
          Em
It's all Ok, I just want to say
I'm so relieved we didn't do it 
D
cruel

But ain't life a brook
                     G
Just when I get to feeling like a 
polished stone
            Em
I give me along drawn look
It's kind of a drag to find yourself
   D
 alone

And sometimes I mind
                   G
Especially when I'm waiting on your 
heart
               Em
But life don't clickety clack down

A straight line track
                                D
It comes together and it comes apart

       G                    A
Cause I know you're not the kind
           Bm     F#
To make me feel obliged
D    G                   A
To go ticking through my time
       Bm        F#    D G
With a pained look in my eyes
           A                 Bm   
I sold the furniture, I put away 
   F#      D
the photographs
        G
Went out to dinner one more time
           Em
Skipped the bottle of wine

Had a couple of laughs
               D
And wasn't it fine