Thats The Way The Whole Thing Ends

G D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G Say you wanna see my garden And you wanna make it shine Say you wanna see my blue jeans G7 Hanging on your old clothesline C D/F# Standing in the backdoor crying G C Now you wanna be my friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G That's the way the whole thing ends Now what's a little baby doing Dressing up in banker's clothes? What's a little sweetheart like you G7 Doing with a bloody nose? C D/F# Standing in your bare feet crying G C Now you're gonna need a friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G 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 G7 But you couldn't ride it right C D/F# Standing in the doorway crying G C Now you're gonna need a friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G That's the way the whole thing ends Someone said something one time But Daddy didn't talk too loud People oughta stick together G7 That's the way to make a crowd C D/F# But here you come alone and crying G C Now you wanna be my friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G That's the way the whole thing ends INSTRUMENTAL G G7 D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G Momma's in the beauty parlour And Daddy's in the baseball pool Sister's at the drive-in movie G7 Brother's in the old high school C D/F# Now here you come alone and crying G C Once, you know, you were my friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G That's the way the whole thing ends C D/F# Standing in the doorway crying G C Now you wanna be my friend E7 A Am That's the way the cornbread crumbles D/F# G That's the way the whole thing ends