{no_grid:} {t:"IN SPITE OF OURSELVES" Album} {t:John Prine} # {ci: 1. (WE'RE NOT) THE JET SET } {ci: 2. SO SAD (TO WATCH GOOD LOVE GO BAD } {ci: 3. WEDDING BELLS/LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS } {ci: 4. WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE } {ci: 5. MILWAUKEE HERE I COME } {ci: 6. I KNOW ONE } {ci: 7. IT'S A CHEATING SITUATION } {ci: 8. BACK STREET AFFAIR } {ci: 9. LOOSE TALK } {ci:10. LET'S INVITE THEM OVER } {ci:11. 'TIL A TEAR BECOMES A ROSE } {ci:12. IN A TOWN THIS SIZE } {ci:13. WE COULD } {ci:14. WE MUST HAVE BEEN OUT OF OUR MINDS } {ci:15. IN SPITE OF OURSELVES } {ci:16. DEAR JOHN ( I SENT YOUR SADDLE HOME) } {ci:Oh Boy Records, 1999} # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:(We're Not) The Jet Set} {st:With Iris DeMent} {st:(Bobby Braddock)} # {ci:Intro:} # By a fountain back in Rome I fell in [Dm]love with you In a small cafe in [G]Athens You said you [C]loved me too And it was April in Paris when I first held you close to me Rome, Georgia, Athens, Texas And Paris, Tennessee [C]No, we're not the [F]jet set We're the old [C]Chevro-let set There's no [G]Riviera In Festus, [C]Missouri And you won't find [F]Onassis In Mullinville, [C]Kansas No, we're not the [G]jet set We're the old Chevro-let set But ain't we got [C]love [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C]No, We're not the [F]jet set We're the old [C]Chevro-let set Our steak and [G]martinis Is draft beer with [C]weenies Our Bach and [F]Tchaikovsky Is Haggard and [C]Husky No, we're not the [G]jet set We're the old Chevro-let set But ain't we got [C]love [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C]No, We're not the [F]jet set We're the old [C]Chevro-let set The Prine and [G]DeMent set Ain't the flaming [C]suzette set Our Bach and [F]Tchaikovsky Is Haggard and [C]Husky No, we're not the [G]jet set We're the old Chevro-let set But ain't we got [C]love [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C] #---------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad} {st:With Connie Smith} {st:(Don Everly)} # {ci:Intro:} [A] # [A]We used to [D]have good times [Bm]together [E] [A]But now I [D]feel them slip [Bm]away [E] [A]It makes me [D]cry [A]to see love [F#m]die [A]So sad to [D]watch good [E]love go [A]bad [A]Remember [D]how we used to [Bm]feel dear [E] [A]You said [D]nothing could change you [Bm]mind [E] [A]It breaks my [D]heart [A]to see us [F#m]part [A]So sad to [D]watch good [E]love go [A]bad [D]Is it any [Bm]wonder [E]that I feel so [A]blue [D]When I know for [Bm]certain [B7]that I'm losing [E]you [D] [E] [A]Remember [D]how we used to [Bm]feel dear [E] [A]You said [D]nothing could change you [Bm]mind [E] [A]It breaks my [D]heart [A]to see us [F#m]part [A]So sad to [D]watch good [E]love go [A]bad [A]So sad to [D]watch good [E]love go [A]bad # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back the Years} {st:with Lucinda Williams} {st:(Claude Boone)} {st:(Hank Williams)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] # [C]I got the invitati[G]on that you sent [C]me, You wanted me to [G]see you change you [C]name I [F]couldn't stand to see you wed [C]another But [G]dear I hope you're happy just the [C]same [C]I planned a little [G]cottage in the [C]valley, I even bought that [G]little band of [C]gold I [F]thought some day I'd place it on your [C]finger, But [G]now the future looks so dark and [C]cold [F]Wedding bells are ringing in the [C]chapel That [G]should be ringing now for you and [C]me [F]Down the aisle with someone else you're [C]walking Those [G]wedding bells with never ring for [C]me [G]Darling, let's turn back the years And go back to yester[D]day Let's pretend that time has stopped And I didn't go [G]away We had our love to make us happy Love wasn't meant to bring us [D]tears Love like ours should never die So, darling, let's turn back the [G]years [C]I fancy that I [G]see a bunch of [C]roses A blossom from and [G]orange tree in your [C]hair [F]While the organ plays "I Love You [C]Truly," Just [G]let me pretend that I am [C]there [F]Wedding bells are ringing in the [C]chapel That [G]should be ringing now for you and [C]me [F]Down the aisle with someone else you're [C]walking Those [G]wedding bells with never ring for [C]me Those [G]wedding bells with never ring for [C]me #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:When Two Worlds Collide} {st:with Trisha Yearwood} {st:(Roger Miller/Bill Anderson)} # {ci:Intro:} [E] [A] # [A]Your world was so different from [B7]mine, don't you see And we [E]couldn't be close, though we [A]tried We both reached for heavens, but [B7]ours weren't the same. That's what [E]happens when two worlds [A]collide [D]Your world was made up of [A]things sweet and good My [D]world could never fit [A]in, I wish it [E]could [A]Two hearts lie in shambles and [B7]oh, how they've cried That's what [E]happens when two worlds [A]collide {ci:Instrumental:} [A] [B7] [E] [A] [A] [B7] [E] [A] [D]Your world was made up of [A]things sweet and good My [D]world could never fit [A]in, I wish it [E]could [A]Two hearts lie in shambles and [B7]oh, how they've cried That's what [E]happens when two worlds [A]collide That's what [E]happens when two worlds [A]collide #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Milwaukee Here I Come} {st:with Melba Montgomery)} {st:(Les Fikes)} # {ci:Intro:} # I'm gonna get on that old turpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide Which one you want the most them Opry stars or me Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee Milwaukee is where we were before we came here Working in a brewery making the finest beer You came to me on a payday night said let's go to Tennessee So we drove to Nashville to the Grand Ole Opry I'm gonna get on that old turpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide Which one you want the most those Opry stars or me Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee {ci:Instrumental:} We were watching T.V. Ernest Tubb was singing loud I said that's the man for me I love him, there's no doubt I'm leaving you and going now to find out where he's at If I can't get him I'll settle for that bluegrass Lester Flatt. I'm gonna get on that old turpike and I'm gonna ride I'm gonna leave this town 'til you decide Which one you want the most Me or Jerry Lee Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee Milwaukee here I come from Nashville, Tennessee #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:I Know One} {st:With Emmylou Harris} {st:(Jack Clement)} # {ci:Intro:} [G] [D] [A] [D] # [D]When all your [G]loves have [D]ended When all your friends have [A]flown Who'll be around to want you When all your loves have [D]gone Only a fool would do it [D7]After the way you've [G]done But how many fools would [D]have you [A]I know [D]one [G]This fool keeps wonderin' why [A]He fell in love at all [G]But you might need this fool [D]Around in case you [A]fall [D]After the [G]party's [D]over And [D7]you've had your fill of [G]fun If you need a fool to [D]forgive you [A]I know [D]one {ci:Instrumental:} [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [D7] [G] [D] [A] [D] [G]You never know, you might be lonely [A]When all your loves have missed [G]It wouldn't hurt to keep an extra [D]Fool on your [A]list. [D]After your heart's [G]been [D]broken And [D7]you need a place to [G]run If you'll take a fool who [D]loves you [A]I know [D]one [A]I know [D]one [A]I know [D]one #------------------------------------------------------------------ {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:It's a Cheating Situation} {st:with Dolores Keane} {st:(Claude Putman Jr./Sonny Throckmorton)} # {ci:Key of F - Capo on 1:} {ci:Intro:} [E] # It's a cheating [D]situa[A]tion A stealing invita[E]tion To take what's not [B7]really ours To make it through the midn[A]ight [E]hours It's a cheating [D]situa[A]tion Just a cheap [E]imitation Doing what we [B7]have to do When there's no love at [E]home There's no use in [B7]pretending There'll be a happy [A]end[E]ing Where our [B7]love's concerned Sweetheart, we both [E]know We'll take love where we [B7]find it Love and try to [A]hide [E]it It's [B7]all we got For we know they're not Gonna [A]let us [E]go It's a cheating [D]situa[A]tion A stealing invita[E]tion To take what's not [B7]really ours To make it through the midn[A]ight [E]hours It's a cheating [D]situa[A]tion Just a cheap [E]imitation Doing what we [B7]have to do When there's no love at [E]home It's a cheating [D]situa[A]tion [B7]When there's no love at [E]home #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Back Street Affair} {st:with Patty Loveless)} {st:(Billy Wallace)} # {ci:Intro:} [D] [A] [D] # [D]You didn't know I wasn't [D7]free When you [G]fell in love with [D]me And with all your young [A]heart you learned to [D]care It brought you shame and [D7]disgrace The world has [G]tumbled in your [D]face 'Cause they call our love a [A]back street [D]affair They say I wrecked your [D7]home, You're a hus[G]band that's gone [D]wrong They don't know the sorrow [A]that we had to [D]bear For the one I'm [D7]tied to Was the [G]first to prove [D]untrue Now they call our love a [A]back street [D]affair {ci:Instrumental:} [D] [D7] [G] [D] [A] [D] [D] [D7] [G] [D] [A] [D] [D]We have each other [D7]now, That's all that [G]matters any[D]how For the judgement of [A]gossip's never [D]fair We'll just be brave and [D7]strong Then some[G]day they'll see they're [D]wrong Let'em call our love a [A]back street [D]affair We'll be free to love [D7]someday When all the [G]talk has died [D]away And the happiness we [A]hoped for then we'll [D]share We'll climb a mountain [D7]high, Then the [G]world will hear us [D]cry That our love was not a [A]back street [D]affair No, our love was not a [A]back street [D]affair #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Loose Talk} {st:with Connie Smith} {st:(Freddie Hart/Ann Lucas)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] [G] [C] # [C]So long we've been married Life's [G]burdens we carried Though [C]faith kept us humble and made our love [G]true But [C]plans that we make up Some[G]one seems to break up Oh, [C]darlin', what [G]else can we [C]do? {ci:Chorus:} [F]We may have to leave here To [C]find peace of mind, dear Some[G]place where we can live a [C]life of our own I [F]know you love me And [C]happy we could be If some [G]folks would leave us [C]alone [C]When I go out walkin' There's [G]lots of loose talkin' They [C]say we're unhappy, and we'll drift [G]apart But [C]darlin' it's not true Bec[G]ause I still love you And [C]I do with [G]all of my [C]heart {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci:Instrumental:} [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [C]They say you are leavin' That [G]you are deceivin' But you [C]tell me they say the same about [G]me Oh, but [C]we'll show them they're wrong That [G]loose talk can do harm And [C]hope that the [G]truth they will [C]see [F]We may have to leave here To [C]find peace of mind, dear Some[G]place where we can live a [C]life of our own I [F]know you love me And [C]happy we could be If some [G]folks would leave us [C]alone If some [G]folks would leave us [C]alone #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Let's Invite Them Over} {st:with Iris DeMent} {st:(Onie Wheeler)} # Intro: 3/4 C C G7 C C I [C]know why you're [G]lonely And I know why you're [C]blue You're [C]lonesome to [G]see him And you long to see her [C]too We're not in [C]love with each other We're in [C7]love with our best [F]friends So let's invite them [C]over [G]aga[C]in We've talked it [G]over and over And we [C]know it's [F]not [C]right We should [G]stay away forever But we're [C]lonesome [F]each n[C]ight Yes we [C]stay away for a [C]while But we know in [C7]the [F]end We'll [F]invite them [C]over [G]aga[C]in {ci:Instrumental:} We've talked it over and over And we know it's not right We should stay away forever But we're lonesome each night Yes we stay away for a while But we know in the end We'll invite them over again Let's invite them over again #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:'Til a Tear Becomes A Rose} {st:with Fiona Prine} {st:(Sharon and Bill Rice)} # {ci:Key of F# - Capo on 2:} {ci:Intro:} [B7] [E] # {ci:Chorus:} [E]Darling, I can see the clouds [A]around you And in your [B7]heart I know a sorrow [E]grows But if you weep I'll be right here to [A]hold you 'Til each [B7]tear you cry becomes a [E]rose [E]Dearest love, I[A] know your heart been [E]shattered And all my [B7]words can offer no [E]relief But my love will [A]heal the pain you've [E]suffered And I'll be [B7]here if you should turn to [E]me {ci:Repeat Chorus:} {ci:Instrumental:} [B7] [E] [E]I deepest night when [A]memories tend to [E]gather Lay with [B7]me and put your fears to [E]sleep 'Cause there's no pain no [A]dream can put [E]asunder All the [B7]love that binds us you and [E]me [E]Darling, I can see the clouds [A]around you And in your [B7]heart I know a sorrow [E]grows But if you weep I'll be right here to [A]hold you 'Til each [B7]tear you cry becomes a [E]rose 'Til each [B7]tear you cry becomes a [E]rose [A] [E] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:In a Town This Size} {st:with Dolores Keane } {st:(Kieran Kane} # {ci:Intro:} [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] # [D]In a town this size, there's [G]no place to hide Every[D]where you go you meet som[A]eone you know[A7] You can't [D]steal a kiss in a [G]place like this How the [D]rumors do fly in a [A]town this [D]size In a [D]smokey bar in the [G]backseat of your car In your [D]own little house someone's [A]sure to find you out[A7] What you [D]do and what you think What you [G]eat and what you drink If you [D]smoke a cigarette they'll be [A]talkin' about your breath[A7] [D]In a town this size, there's [G]no place to hide Every[D]where you go you meet som[A]eone you know[A7] You can't [D]steal a kiss in a [G]place like this How the [D]rumors do fly in a [A]town this [D]size {ci:Instrumental:} [D] [G] [D] [A] [A7] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [D]Oh, I had a fight with my [G]girlfriend last night Before the [D]moon went down it was [A]all over town[A7] How he [D]made me cry how I [G]said goodbye If it's [D]true or not doesn't seem to [A]count alot [A7] [D]In a town this size, there's [G]no place to hide Every[D]where you go you meet som[A]eone you know[A7] You can't [D]steal a kiss in a [G]place like this How the [D]rumors do fly in a [A]town this [D]size In a [A]town this [D]size In a [A]town this [D]size # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:We Could} {st:with Iris DeMent} {st:(Felice Bryant)} # {ci:Intro:} [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] # If [A]anyone could find the joy That [D]true love brings a girl and boy [A]We could We could you and [E]I If [A]anyone could ever say Their [D]true love was here to stay [A]We could [E]We could you and [A]I [D]When you're in my arms I know you're [A]happy to be there And [D]just as long as I'm with you I'm [A]happy anywh[E]ere [E7] If [A]anyone could pray each night To [D]thank the Lord that all is right [A]We could [E]We could you and [A]I {ci:Instrumental:} [A] [D] [A] [E] [A] [D]When you're in my arms I know you're [A]happy to be there And [D]just as long as I'm with you I'm [A]happy anywh[E]ere [E7] [A]If anyone could pray each night To [D]thank the Lord that all is right [A]We could [E]We could you and [A]I [A]We could [E]We could you and [A]I [E] [A] #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds} {st:with Melba Montgomery} {st:(Melba Montgomery)} # {ci:Intro:} [G] [C] [D7] [G] # [G]We said our [G7]goodbyes long [C]ago Never [G]thinking we'd miss each other [D7]so All the [G]memories we [G7]can't leave [C]behind Oh, we [G]must have [D7]been out of our [G]minds [D]I thought I loved another, [G]not you How [A7]foolish I thought the same,[D7] too They [G]both turned [G7]out to be the wrong kind Oh, we [G]must have [D7]been out of our [G]minds {ci:Instrumental:} [G] [G7] [C] [G] [D7] [G] [G]Let's forgive and forget[G7] the past we've [C]known And [G]reap together the wild seeds we've [D7]sown [G]Surely they can [G7]forgive us and [C]find That we [G]must have [D7]been out of our [G]minds [D]I thought I loved another, not [G]you How [A7]foolish I thought the same, [D7]too They [G]both turned [G7]out to be the wrong [C]kind Oh, we [G]must have [D7]been out of our [G]minds Yes, we [G]must have [D7]been out of our [G]minds # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:In Spite of Ourselves} {st:with Iris DeMent} {st:(John Prine)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] [F] [G] [C] # [C]She don't like her eggs all runny She thinks crossin' her legs is funny She [F]looks down her nose at money She [C]gets it on like the Easter Bunny [G]She's my baby I'm her honey I'm never gonna let her [C]go [G] [C] [C]He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies He [F]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 Never gonna let him [C]go [G] [C] {ci:Chorus:} In spite of [F]ourselves We'll end up a'sittin' on a [C]rainbow Against all [G]odds Honey, we're the big door [C]prize [G] [C] We're gonna [F]spite our noses Right off of our [C]faces There won't be nothin' but big old [G]hearts Dancin' in our [C]eyes. [G] [C] {ci:Instrumental:} [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [C]She thinks all my jokes are corny Convict movies make her horny She [F]likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs [C]Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs [G]She takes a lickin' And keeps on tickin' I'm never gonna let her [C]go. [G] [C] [C]He's got more balls than a big brass monkey He's a wacked out werido 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 Never gonna let him [C]go [G] [C] {ci:Repeat Chorus:} In spite of [F]ourselves We'll end up a'sittin' on a [C]rainbow Against all [G]odds Honey, we're the big door [C]prize [G] [C] We're gonna [F]spite our noses Right off of our [C]faces There won't be nothin' but big old [G]hearts Dancin' in our [C]eyes. [G] [C] There won't be nothin' but big old [G]hearts Dancin' in our [C]eyes. [G] [F] [C] In spite of ourselves # #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {new_song:} {no_grid:} # {t:Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)} {st:(Aubrey A. Gass)} # {ci:Intro:} [C] [G] [C] # [C]When I woke up this morning There was a note upon my door Saying " Don't make me no coffee, Babe Cause I won't be back no more" And that's all she wrote "Dear John", I [G]sent your saddle [C]home" [C]Now Jonah got along in the belly of a whale Daniel in the lion's den I know a guy that didn't try to get along And he won't get a chance again That's all she wrote "Dear John", [G]I sent your saddle [C]home" {ci:Instrumental:} [C] [G] [C] [C]She didn't forward no address No she never said goodbye All she said was "If you get blue Just hang your little head and cry" That's all she wrote "Dear John", [G]I sent your saddle [C]home" [C]Now my gal's short and stubby She's mean as she can be If that little old gal of mine Ever gets a hold of me That's all she wrote "Dear John", [G]I fetched your saddle [C]home" {ci:Instrumental:} [C] [G] [C] [C]Went down to the bank this morning The cashier said with a grin I'm sorry for you Little John But your wife has done been in That's all she wrote "Dear John", [G]I sent your saddle [C]home" That's all she wrote "Dear John", [G]I sent your saddle [C]home" #--------------------------------------------------------------------- {cb:--End of "In Spite of Ourselves" by John Prine--} #----------------------------------------------------------------------