Key: G
Introduction: G D/F# G E7 Am D/F# G
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
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
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
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
Momma's in the beauty parlour
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