John Prine – In Spite Of Ourselves (Guitar)

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[Intro]
   C                      x2   F
e|-3-0---0-------------0-----|-----------------------------|
B|-----------3---1-1-3-------|-----1---1-------3---1-3-----|
G|-----0-------0---0-----0---|-0h2---------0h2-------------|
D|---------------------------|-------3---3-------3-----3---|
A|-3-------3-----3---3-------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-1-------1---1-------1-------|

   C                           G                                        C
e|-3-0---0-------------0-----|-0-------------0-------------3---3------|
B|-----------3---1-1-3-------|---3---0---------3---0--------------0---|
G|-----0-------0---0-----0---|-----------0-------------0--------------|
D|---------------------------|-----0-------0-----0-------0---0--------|
A|-3-------3-----3---3-------|----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-3-------3-----3-------3-----3-----3----|

[Verse 1] (John Prine)

C
She don't like her eggs all runny

She thinks crossin' her legs is funny

F
She looks down her nose at money

    C
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny

G
She's my baby, I'm her honey

                        C
I'm never gonna let her go

[Verse 2] (Iris DeMent)

   C
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays

Caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies

   F
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done

C
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen

G
He's my baby, and I'm his honey

                    C
Never gonna let him go

[Chorus]

(C)            F
In spite of ourselves

                            C
We'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

            G
Against all odds

                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize

            F
We're gonna spite our noses

                 C
Right off of our faces

               C                   G7
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

               C
Dancin' in our eyes

[Instrumental] F C F C F C C G7 C [Verse 3] (John Prine)

C
She thinks all my jokes are corny

Convict movies make her horny

F
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs

C
Swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs

    G 
She takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin'

                        C
I'm never gonna let her go

[Verse 4] (Iris DeMent)

     C
He's got more balls than a big brass monkey

He's a wacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie

F
Sly as a fox, crazy as a loon

C
Payday comes and he's a-howlin' at the moon

G
He's my baby, I don't mean maybe

                    C
Never gonna let him go

[Chorus]

(C)            F
In spite of ourselves

                            C
We'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

            G
Against all odds

                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize

            F
We're gonna spite our noses

                 C
Right off of our faces

               C                   G7
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

               C
Dancin' in our eyes

[Chorus]

(C)            F
In spite of ourselves

                            C
We'll end up a-sittin' on a rainbow

            G
Against all odds

                          C
Honey, we're the big door prize

            F
We're gonna spite our noses

                 C
Right off of our faces

               C                   G7
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

               C
Dancin' in our eyes

               C                   G7
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts

               C    F   C
Dancin' in our eyes

(spoken) In spite of ourselves