Gillian Welch - The Way the Whole Thing Ends

      
 
 The Way the Whole Thing Ends ~ Gillian Welch
 from "The Harrow and the Harvest"
 
 Capo I
 
 G                          
 Say you wanna see my garden
 G                          
 And you wanna make it shine
 G                              
 Say you wanna see my blue jeans
                            G7  
 Hanging on your old clothesline
 
 C                        D     
 Standing in the backdoor crying
 G                   C     
 Now you wanna be my friend
 E                            Am      
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 D7                             G   
 That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 Now what's a little baby doing
 Dressing up in banker's clothes?
 Now what's a little sweetheart like you
 Doing with a bloody nose?
 
 Standing in the backdoor crying
 Now you're gonna need a friend
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 Now once you had a hook and ladder
 Up into the headless night
 And once you had a motorcycle
 But you couldn't ride it right
 
 Standing in the doorway crying
 Now you're gonna need a friend
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 Someone said something one time
 But Daddy didn't talk too loud
 People ought to stick together
 That's the way to make a crowd
 
 But here you come alone and crying
 Now you wanna be my friend
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 Momma's in the beauty parlor
 And Daddy's in the baseball pool
 Sister's in the drive-in movie
 Brother's in the old high school
 
 Now here you come alone and crying
 Once, you know, you were my friend
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 That's the way the whole thing ends
 
 Standing in the backdoor crying
 Now you wanna be my friend
 That's the way the cornbread crumbles
 That's the way the whole things ends
 
 Outro/solo:

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 G|-----------------2-2/4--0-2-4-4-4-4-4-4\2p0-0------------0---|
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 A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 E|------------------------------------|
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 G|-1-1-1-1-1-1-2/-5---4\2-0-----------|
 D|--------------------------4-4-4-4-5-|
 A|------------------------------------|
 e|------------------------------------|
 E|-----3/--7---10---12---10---10-----15----15----15----15-------15-------15---15-|
 B|-3--------------8----8----8----(0)----12----12----12-------12----12-12------12-|
 G|---0---0---0--------------------------------------------12------------------12-|
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