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
                                             D
I know pretty soon you're going to 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
            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
                                         D
Between a blazing fire and a pocket 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         F#       D
I covered the furniture, I framed the photographs
        G
Went out to dinner one more time
                                            Em
Had myself a bottle of wine and a 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
                                            D
You've been wanting a cabin and a 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
                                D
I'm so relieved we didn't do it 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
                                       D
It's kind of a drag to find yourself 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      F#      D
I sold the furniture, I put away 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