IN SPITE OF OURSELVES
John Prine & Iris Dement

INTRO:
 C      (x2)                   F
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 C                           G
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VERSE 1:
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:
C
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays

I 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
                                   G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C
Dancin' in our eyes

INSTRUMENTAL:   C   F       C    F    C    F    C     G

VERSE 3:
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:
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 and crazy as a loon
C
Payday comes and he's 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
                                   G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C
Dancin' in our eyes
                                   G
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
               C
Dancin' in our eyes

OUTRO: (spoken)
C           F
In spite of ourselves
                         C
We'll end up 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
                                       G
There won't be nothing but our big old hearts
               C
Dancing in our eyes