Accident On 3Rd Street - Al Stewart Chords
Chords: D, G, A, Bm
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Genre: folk, rock, pop
Accident on 3rd Street Al Stewart
[Intro]
D G D G
[Verse 1]
D
Linda was killed last Saturday about fifteen blocks from where she lives
G
In a car crash, people gathered around the graveside friends and relatives
D
dressed in black
Preacher mumblin' how she's bound to go to Heaven
G
The service started at half-past ten, it was all over by eleven
D A
They say it's God's to give, and God's to take away,
Bm G A
But why He happened to pick Linda on a Saturday night, no one could say.
[Chorus]
D G
Maybe it's just one of those things
D
One of those things
[Verse 2]
D
They found guy the who did it, he had the lobotomy and the chicken eyes,
G
And he gazed around the courtroom with a kind of vague surprise
D
Reminded me of one of those Vikings with the long-handled swords
G
The kind of guy that even Joan Baez would not feel non-violent towards
D A
Said he wasn't looking, maybe he’d had a bit too much
Bm G A
It was dark, it was raining, he didn't see the light or some such
D G
It was just one of those things,
D
One of those things.
[Interlude]
D G D G
[Verse 3]
D
I asked my local guru about the situation, and he gave me this reply
G
While pointing a bony finger up into the general direction of the sky:
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