Gillian Welch - The Way The Whole Thing Ends Chords

[Intro]
G
 
 
[Verse 1]
G
Say you wanna see my garden
G
And you wanna make it shine
G
Say you wanna see my blue jeans
G
Hanging on your old clothesline
 
 
[Chorus 1]
C                         D
Standing in the back door crying
G                   C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              G
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Verse 2]
G
Now what's a little baby doing
G
Dressing up in banker's clothes?
G
What's a little sweetheart like you
G
Doing with a bloody nose?
 
 
[Chorus 2]
C                        D
Standing in the backdoor crying
G                       C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              G
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Verse 3]
G
Now once you had a hook and ladder
G
Up into the headless night
G
Once you had a motorcycle
G
But you couldn't ride it right
 
 
[Chorus 2]
C                        D
Standing in the backdoor crying
G                       C
Now you're gonna need a friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              G
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Verse 4]
G
Now someone said something one time
G
But Daddy didn't talk too loud
G
People ought to stick together
G
That's the way to make a crowd
 
 
[Chorus 3]
    C                        D
But here you come, alone and crying
G                   C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              C
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Verse 5]
G
Mama's in the beauty parlor
G
And Daddy's in the baseball pool
G
Sister's in the drive-in movie
G
Brother's in the old high school
 
 
[Chorus 4]
    C                        D
Now here you come, alone and crying
G                           C
Once, you know, you were my friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              G
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Chorus 1]
C                         D
Standing in the back door crying
G                   C
Now you wanna be my friend
E7                           Am
That's the way the cornbread crumbles
D                              G
That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 
[Outro]
G      C  D  G
C  E7  D  G
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