G                              D             C                   G 
Well, if it ain't your time to go then you'd better stay put for now  
A           C               G               D 
Everybody's got to do their time until it's time  
          G                 D            C                        G 
And if it ain't broken then break it and say you knew me way back when  
     A                    C                    G                    D 
When fools were fools and all the rest were swine waiting to be defiled  
        G          D        C                      G 
I could hang up my shingles out by the side of the road  
A               C                 G                 D 
Try to bang the blame out of the cinders you left behind  
       G                D              C                 G 
Like a driftwood in the night that was washed up by the light  
       A                     C          G              D 
Of the moon that bleached my bones then sent me to the pile  
G               D                C                 G 
Mustard in your smile, land that hand on the radio dial  
         A              C           G                 D 
Then the breezes of the season have blown us back to hell  
       G      D                C                 G 
It's a stolen telephone that I dialed, blind and alone  
A                C          G              D 
Just to hear the voice of a bargain center soul  
        G              D             C                G 
Now the deserts are in flame and the bandages are the same  
        A               C        G                   D 
And the factory's casualties are looking for mangled jewels  
           G                  D            C                   G 
Well if it ain't your time to go, then you better stay put for now  
       A           C                G             D             G 
'Cause everybody's got to put their hand upon the hand of the clock  
         D               G                   D          G 
Like the minds of misers grinding down their gears to a halt