Missing Pieces by John Hiatt from  Beneath This Gruff Exterior
Submitted by Bendave cbennett35@nc.rr.com
Reworked from version submitted by Unregistered
 
G (320003@1)                   C9 (x3233x@1)   G (320003@1)
I sit all day staring at a leaf.  
 Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)         GI (320003@1)know that my time here is brief.
Am (x02210@1)             C/B (x2555x@1)       DI'd (xx0232@1)like to get some details down.  
C (x32010@1)                 GBefore (320003@1)I move on to another town.

G (320003@1)             C9 (x3233x@1)     G (320003@1)
I met a man he lost both arms.  
Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)    GHe (320003@1)got 'em caught up in her charms.
Am (x02210@1)              C/B (x2555x@1)   D (xx0232@1)                                   
She took the kids and the color TV.  
C (x32010@1)                             GHe (320003@1)said, "I wish she'd taken the rest of me."

(CHORUS)
G (320003@1)                         C9 (x3233x@1)      G (320003@1)
This travelin' life well it ain't no good.  
Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1)   GI'd (320003@1)quit it honey oh if I could.
Am (x02210@1)                  C/B (x2555x@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
A puzzle to me why I even care.  
C (x32010@1)                    GThe (320003@1)missing pieces are everywhere.

G (320003@1)                   C9 (x3233x@1)    G (320003@1)
He drove to Dixie to hush his mouth.  
Em (022000@1)                        C (x32010@1)      GShe (320003@1)started talking like to wore him out.
Am (x02210@1)                         C/B (x2555x@1)DThey (xx0232@1)found love beneath the southern stars.  
C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)some bruises and some scars.

G (320003@1)                C9 (x3233x@1)        G (320003@1)                           
He sees her on that back porch swing.  
Em (022000@1)                      C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)I believe he would do any-thing.
Am (x02210@1)                   C/B (x2555x@1)    DStand (xx0232@1)all night in the pourin' rain.  
C (x32010@1)                GTo (320003@1)wash her memory from her brain.

REPEAT CHORUS

G (320003@1)                 C9 (x3233x@1)      G (320003@1)                           
A false move here, a stumble there.  
Em (022000@1)                   C (x32010@1)       GA (320003@1)box of letters and a lock of hair.
Am (x02210@1)                           C/B (x2555x@1)       DThat's (xx0232@1)all that's left when I turn out the light.  
C (x32010@1)                        GI (320003@1)count the missing pieces every night.

CHORUS 2x

C9 (x3233x@1)C/B (x2555x@1) G (320003@1)      
E|---3----3----3-----| 
B|---3----3----3-----| 
G|---0----0----0-----| 
D|---2----0----0-----| 
A|---3----2----2-----| 
E|---0----0----3-----|