Time of Inconvenience chords by Nanci Griffith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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We're living in a time of incon (A major) veni (G major) ence
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 (D major) Compassion fails me with
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this meanness  (A major)  (G major) in the air
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 (D major) Our city streets are filled with vi (A major) ol ence  (G major) 
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 (D major) So we close our doors to the city
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And pretend that it's not  (G major) there

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Verse 2

Here I go again

Back out on these mean streets

The evil seems to cling to the

soles of my feet

Cause' I'm living in a time

of inconvenience

At an inconvenient time

Verse 3
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 (D major) We're living in the age
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of communica (A major) tion  (G major) 
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 (D major) Where the only voices heard
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have  (A major) money in  (G major) their hands
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 (D major) Where greed has become
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a sophistic (A major) ation
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 (G major) And  (D major) if you ain't got money

Verse 4

You ain't got nothin' in this land

An' here I am one lonely wo man

Verse 5
On these mean streets
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 (G major) Where the right to life man has
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become  (A major) my enemy
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Cause' I'm  (D major) living in his
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 (A major) time of incon (G major) venience
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At an  (A major) inconvenient  (D major) time
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 6
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 (A major)  (G major) 
I've turned my cheek
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As my  (F sharp minor) history fades
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While the  (E major) clock ticks away
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Any pro (A major) gress we've made
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 (G major) I never thought
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I'd be ashamed  (F sharp minor) to be human
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Afraid  (E major) to say
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My  (A major) time has seen it's day

Verse 7
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Cuz' I'm  (D major) living in a  (A major) time of
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inconvenience  (G major)  (D major) 
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Living in a  (A major) time of inconveni (G major) ence  (D major) 
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living in a  (A major) time of incon (G major) venience
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It's an  (A major) inconvenient  (D major) time
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 8
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This is the time of greed and power
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 (G major)  (D major) Where everyone needs to have
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someone  (A major) to shove  (G major) around
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 (D major) Our children come to us for answer (G major) s
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 (D major) Listening for freedom but they
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don't  (A major) know the sound  (G major) 

Verse 9
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And there they are, our children  (A major) 
Dumped out in these mean streets
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 (G major) The evil sweeps them up
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And  (A major) brings them to their knees
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 (D major) Cause' they're

Verse 10
living in our
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 (A major) time of incon (G major) venience
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 (D major) They're living in the  (A major) age
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of communic (G major) ation  (D major) 
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This is the  (A major) time of greed and power  (G major)  (D major) 
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This is the  (A major) time that I  (G major) wish was
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not mine  (A major) 
Cause' it's an inconvenient
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major) time