In Spite Of Ourselves Live chords by John Prine

• Difficulty: Beginner

Performance: Sessions at West 54th

🎸 Intro:

C  F  C  G  C



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

🎸 Verse 2:
         C
Well, he ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
  C
I caught him once 'n he was sniffin' my undies
   F                                         C
He ain't real sharp but he gets things done, drinks his beer like it's oxygen
G                                                    C
He's my baby, and I'm his honey, never gonna let him go


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


🎸 Instrumental:
F  C  F  C  F  C  G  C


🎸 Verse 3:
C                                  C
She thinks all my jokes are corny, convict movies make her horny
F                                        C
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs, swears like a sailor when she shaves her legs
    G                                                          C
She takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin', never gonna let her go


🎸 Verse 4:
           C
Well, he's got more balls than a big brass monkey
       C
He's a whacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
F                              C
Sly as a fox, crazy as a loon, payday comes and he's a-howlin' at the moon
G                                                     C
He's my baby
I don't mean maybe, never gonna let him go


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


🎸 Outro:
               C                   G                     C     F  C
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts dancin' in our eyes
N.C.
In spite of ourselves