WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | John Prine - The Accident Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C G D G
[Verse]
G C G
Last night I saw an accident on the co rner of the Third and Gr een
Two cars collided and I got excited
A7 D7
J ust being part of that sc ene
G
It was M rs. Tom Walker and her beautiful daughter
G7 C
Pa mela was driving the c ar
G
They got hit by a man in a li ght blue sedan
D G
Who had ob viously been to a b ar
[Chorus]
C G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
C D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
G C
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
G D7 G
And rap ed by a m inor ity
[Verse]
G C G
It was a four-way stop dilemma. We a ll arrived the same t ime
I yielded to the man to the right of me
A7 D7
And he yie lded it right back to m ine
G
Well, the yi eld when around and around and around
G7 C
Till Pa mela finally tr ied
G
Just then the man in the li ght blue sedan
D G
Hit P amela's passenger si de
(Repeat Chorus)
(Instrumental)
C G
C D7
G C
G D7 G
[Verse]
G C G
Pamela hit her head on the mirror. Mrs. Wa lker got a bump on k nee
The man hit himself in the face and said
A7 D7
"W hy does this happen to m e?"
G
The ne ighbors came out and they gathered about
G7 C
Saying "H ey! who hit who an yway?"
G
Then the police arrived at a qu arter to five
D G
And pr onounced all the victims "O kay"
[Chorus]
C G
They d on't know how lucky they a re
C D7
They co uld have ran into that t ree
G C
Got st ruck by a bolt of lig htning
G D7 G
And rap ed by a m inor ity
