In Spite Of Ourselves

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Verse 1 (John Prine):

C  
She don’t like her eggs all runny
C  
She thinks crossin’ her legs is funny
F  
She looks down her nose at money
 
She g
C  
ets it on like the Easter Bunny
G  
She’s my baby, I’m her honey
 
I’m 
G  
never gonna let her g
C  
o
Verse 2 (Iris DeMent):

 
He a
C  
in’t got laid in a month of Sundays
C  
Caught him once and he was sniffin’ my undies
 
He a
F  
in’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
G  
Never gonna let him go
Chorus:

 
In spite of ours
F  
elves
 
We’ll end up a-sittin’ on a r
C  
ainbow
 
Against all o
G  
dds
 
Honey, we’re the big door pr
C  
ize
 
We’re gonna 
F  
spite our noses
 
Right off of our 
C  
faces
 
There won’t be 
C  
nothin’ but big old h
G7  
earts
 
Dancin’ in our 
C  
eyes
Verse 3 (John Prine):

C  
She thinks all my jokes are corny
C  
Convict movies make her horny
F  
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
C  
Swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs
 
She t
G  
akes a lickin’, and keeps on tickin’
 
I’m 
G  
never gonna let her g
C  
o
Verse 4 (Iris DeMent):

 
He’s g
C  
ot more balls than a big brass monkey
 
He’s a w
C  
acked 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
G  
Never gonna let him g
C  
o
Chorus:

 
In spite of ours
F  
elves
 
We’ll end up a-sittin’ on a r
C  
ainbow
 
Against all o
G  
dds
 
Honey, we’re the big door pr
C  
ize
 
We’re gonna 
F  
spite our noses
 
Right off of our 
C  
faces
 
There won’t be 
C  
nothin’ but big old h
G7  
earts
 
Dancin’ in our 
C  
eyes
Chorus:

 
In spite of ours
F  
elves
 
We’ll end up a-sittin’ on a r
C  
ainbow
 
Against all o
G  
dds
 
Honey, we’re the big door pr
C  
ize
 
We’re gonna 
F  
spite our noses
 
Right off of our 
C  
faces
 
There won’t be 
C  
nothin’ but big old h
G7  
earts
 
Dancin’ in our 
C  
eyes
 
There won’t be 
C  
nothin’ but big old h
G7  
earts
 
Dancin’ in our 
C  
eyes

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