Egg & Daughter Nite, Lincoln Nebraska, 1967 (Crazy Bone)
John Prine
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[Intro]D[Versetto]DIf you like your apples sweetDAnd your streets are not concreteAYou’d be in your bed by 9 every nightATake your hand-spanked, corn-fed galAAnd your best friend’s four-eyed palA DTo a treat right down the street that’s dynamiteDWell, let your conscience be your guideDIf you put your foot insideD7 GYou wish you left your well enough aloneGWhen you got hell to pay,D B7Put the truth on layaway andE A DBlame it on that ol’ crazy bone[Ritornello]G DCrazy bone, crazy boneE7 AWell you wish you left your well enough aloneGWhen you got hell to pay,D B7Put the truth on layaway andE A DAnd blame it on that ol’ crazy bone[Versetto]DDon’t be stuck up in AlaskaDWhen you should be up in NebraskaAOn a Thursday when it’s egg & daughter niteAWhen the farmers come to townAAnd they spread them eggs aroundA DAnd they drop their daughters down at the roller rinkDWell, you’re probably standing thereDWith your slicked-back Brylcreem hairD7 GYour Luckys and your daddy’s fine-tooth combGIf they knew what you were thinking,D B7They’d run you out of LincolnE A DJust blame it on that ol’ crazy bone.[Ritornello]G DCrazy bone, crazy boneE7 AWell you must’ve left your wisdom tooth at homeGIf they knew what you were thinking,D B7They’d run you out of LincolnE A DJust blame it on that ol’ crazy bone[Strumentale]D D D AA A A D
[Versetto]DWhen the grandkids all are grownDAnd they’ve put you in a homeD AAnd eternity is approaching fastAYeah, you’re half out of your headAAnd you probably pissed the bedA DAnd you can’t see a thing to save your assDWhen far across the prairieDIn the local cemeteryD7They already got your nameGCarved out in stoneGWhen all them nurses say,D B7“Grandpa, why you walk that way?”E A D B7Just blame it on that ol’ crazy boneE AYeah, blame it on that ol’ crazy[Ritornello]G DBone, crazy boneE7 AAnd everybody in that olD folks homeGIf they knew what you were thinking,D B7They’d run you out of LincolnE A D B7Just blame it on that ol’ crazy boneE A D B7And everybody in that ol’ folks homeE A DYeah, blame it on that ol’ crazy bone.