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In Spite of Ourselves... - John Prine       mp3
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  Artist: John Prine
  Audio File & Tab from: willc
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Capo 2nd Fret - 4/4 Time
John Prine with Iris DeMent

Intro / Verse:
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   C               C           C
    _ _ _   _           _       _ _ _   _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-3-0---0-------|-------0---|-3-0---0-------|
B|-----------3---|-1-1-3-----|-----------3---|
G|---------------|-----------|---------------|
D|-----2-------2-|---2-----2-|-----2-------2-|
A|-3-------3-----|-3---3-----|-3-------3-----|
E|---------------|-----------|---------------|

   C
        _ _
   | | | | |
e|-------0---|
B|-1-1-3-----|
G|-----------|
D|---2-----2-|
A|-3---3-----|
E|-----------|

     F             F             C
      _       _     _     _ _     _ _ _   _
     | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---------------|-------------|---0---0-------|
B|-----1---1-----|---3---1-3---|-3---------3---|
G|-0h2---------2-|-------------|---------------|
D|-------3---3---|-----3-----3-|-----2-------2-|
A|---------------|-------------|-3-------3-----|
E|---1-----1-----|-1-----1-----|---------------|
  <--use thumb for bass notes-->

   C
        _ _ _
   | | | | | |
e|-------0---0-|
B|-1-1-3-------|
G|-------------|
D|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|

   G               '               '
    _ _ _   _       _ _ _   _         _   _ 
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|---------------|-0-------------|-3---3-------|
B|---3---0-------|---3---0-------|---------0---|
G|-----------0---|-----------0---|-------------|
D|-----0-------0-|-----0-------0-|---0-------0-|
A|---------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-----3-----|

  C             C
      _   _           _ _ _ 
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-1-----1-----|
G|-----0---0---|-----------0-|
D|---2---------|---2-----2---|
A|-3-----3---2-|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|-------------|


Verse 1 (John Prine):
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C                   C
She don't like her eggs all runny
C                        C
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
F                  F
She looks down her nose at money
    C                   C
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
G              G
She's my baby I'm her honey
    G                   C      C
I'm never gonna let her go


Verse 2 (Iris DeMent):
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He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
He's my baby and I'm his honey
Never gonna let him go           In spite of...


Chorus (John Prine & Iris DeMent):
------

   F                           C
        _   _         _   _         _   _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|
G|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|
D|---3---------|---3---------|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3---3---|-3---3---3---|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   Ourselves, we'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow    

   C
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|
D|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|
          Against all

   G                           C
        _   _         _   _         _   _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------0-|-----------0-|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
D|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|
A|-------------|-------------|-3---3-------|
E|-3---3-------|-3---3-------|-------------|
  Odds, honey, we're the big door prize

   C
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|
D|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|
   We're gonna to

   F                           C
        _   _         _   _         _   _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-----------1-|-----------1-|
G|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|
D|---3---------|---3---------|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3---3---|-3---3---3---|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|
  Spite noses, right off of our faces

   C
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|
D|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|
         There won't be 

   C             G             C
        _   _         _   _         _   _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------1-|-----------0-|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|-------0-----|-------0-----|
D|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|-------------|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|-3---3-------|-------------|
   nothin', but big old hearts, dancin' in

   C
        _   _
   | | | | | |
e|-------------|
B|-----------1-|
G|-------0-----|
D|---2-----2---|
A|-3---3-------|
E|-------------|
   Our eyes

Solo: 
----

F, F, C, C, F, F, C, C, F, F, C, C, C, G, C, C


Verse 3 (John Prine):
-------

She thinks all my jokes are corny
Convict movies make her horny
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
She takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
I'm never gonna let her go


Verse 4 (Iris DeMent):
-------

He's got more balls than a big brass monkey
He's a wacked out weirdo and a love bug junkie
Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon
Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon
He's my baby I don't mean maybe
Never gonna let him go           In spite of...


Chorus (John Prine & Iris DeMent):
------

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a'sittin'
on a rainbow
Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses, right off of our faces
There won't be nothin', but big old hearts, dancin'
in our eyes

In spite of ourselves, we'll end up a'sittin'
on a rainbow
Against all odds, honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses, right off of our faces
There won't be nothin', but big old hearts, dancin'
in our eyes
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts, dancin'
in our eyes

In spite of ourselves
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