Ain't Life a Brook written by Ferron as performed by G. Brown and B. Morrissey on "Friend of Mine" E A D G B E ----------- G 3 2 0 0 0 3 Gsus2 3 x 0 2 0 3 C 3 3 2 0 1 0 C6+9 3 3 0 2 1 0 D X X 0 2 3 2 Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 E7sus4 0 2 0 2 0 0 Bm X 2 4 4 3 2 Intro: G G G Gsus2 I watch you reading a book [G] I get to thinking that a [C] love's a polished stone [C6+9] You give me a [C]long, drawn look [C6+9] I know pretty soon [C] you're going to leave our home [G]. And of course I mind [G] [Gsus2] Especially when I'm [C] thinking from the [C6+9] heart But life don't [C] clickity-clack down the [C6+9] straight-line track It comes [C] together and it comes apart [G] You say you hope [C] I'm not the kind [D] to make you [Em} feel obliged [Bm] To come [C] ticking through your [D] time With a [Em] pained look [Bm] in your eyes [C] You give me the [D] furniture, we'll divide the photographs [Em] [E7sus4] 2x [C] Go out to dinner one more time, [C6+9] Have ourselves [C] a bottle of wine [C6+9] and a couple of laughs. First you left I stayed so sad I couldn't sleep I know love's a gift, I thought yours was mine Something that I could keep Now I realize, time is not the only compromise A bird in the hand could be an all night stand Between a blazing fire and a pocket of sky [lyric?] So I hope I'm not the kind to make you feel obliged To go ticking through your time, With a pained look in your eyes I covered the furniture, frames the photographs Went out to dinner one more time, Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs. Just the other day, I got your letter in the mail I'm happy for you, its been so long You've been wanting a cabin and a back woods trail And I think that's great Me, I seem to find myself in school Its all okay, just wanted to say I'm so relived we didn't do it cruel [Gsus2] Ain't life a brook Just when I get to feeling like a polished stone You give me a long, drawn look Its kind of a drag to find yourself alone Sometimes I mind, especially when I'm waiting on your heart Life don't clickity-clack down the straight-line track It comes together and it comes apart 'Cause I know you're not the kind to make you feel obliged To come ticking through my time With a pained look in my eyes I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs. Went out to dinner one last time, Had myself a bottle of wine and a couple of laughs. Wasn't it fine? ------------------------ Submitted by Bob Steidl