Ain't Life A Brook chords by Bill Morrissey, Greg Brown

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

Verse 2
G 
When first you left I stayed
Em 
Am 
so sad
I wouldn't sleep
I know love's a gift
I thought yours was mine
And something
G 
That I could keep
Now I realize
Em 
Am 
Time is not the only compromise
A bird in the hand
Could be an all- night stand
Between a blazing fire
G 
And a pocket of skies
C 
D 
So I hope I'm not the kind
Em 
Am 
Bm 
To make you feel ob  liged
C 
D 
To go ticking through your time
Em 
With a pained look
Bm 
C 
in  your eyes
D 
I covered the furniture
G 
Em 
I framed the photographs
C 
Went out to dinner one more time
Had myself a bottle of wine
And a couple of laughs
G 
Just the other day
Am 
I got your letter in the mail
I'm happy for you
It's been so long
You've been wanting
G 
A cabin and a backwoods trail
And I think that's great
Am 
Me I seem 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 

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Verse 3
But ain't life a brook
Am 
Just when I get to
Feeling like a polished stone
I get me a long drawn look
It's kind of a drag
Em 
Am 
To find yourself alone
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
G 
And it comes apart
C 
D 
'Cause I know you're not the kind
Em 
Bm 
To make me feel obliged
C 
D 
To go ticking through my time
Em 
Bm 
C 
With a pained look in  my eyes
D 
I sold the furniture
G 
Em 
I put away the photographs
C 
Went out to dinner one last time
Had myseff a bottle of wine
And a couple of laughs
D 
For wasn't it fine