Chords for John Prine and Iris DeMent - In Spite of Ourselves (Live From Sessions at West 54th)
Tempo:
82.525 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Irish, you sing these songs like [D] you know them, you know.
[G] [D] [N] Well, I knew somewhere in the record I was going to have to get around to writing one.
So, this one here, I actually wrote it for a movie.
I was in a movie last year, I guess it was coming out around Christmas.
And me and Billy Bob Thornton play brothers in it.
And Andy Griffith is our dad.
That makes me like Opie's step-brother.
[A]
So, Billy Bob asked me to write a song for the ending of the movie.
And I asked him, I said,
You know, I don't understand when you write a song for a movie,
I said, are you supposed to talk about them or not talk about them?
[G] You know, I said, because sometimes I go to movies and the song comes on,
it's like your alarm radio went off in your hotel room, you know.
I said, what the [N] heck's that song doing in here?
So, Billy Bob just said, hmm.
[Bm] So, [F#] I just went and wrote this song here.
Kind of based it loosely, real loosely, on a couple of characters in the film.
[D]
[A] [D] It's called In Spite of Ourselves.
She
[G] [Em] [D]
[A]
[D] don't like her eggs all runny.
She thinks that crossing her legs is [G] funny.
She looks down, her nose that [D] money.
She gets it on like the Easter [A] Bunny.
She's my baby, I'm her honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let her go.
Well, he ain't got laid in a month of Sundays.
I caught him once and he was sniffing [G] my undies.
He ain't real sharp, but he gets [D] things done.
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen.
[A] But he's my baby and I'm his honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let him go.
[G] In spite of ourselves, we'll end [D] up sitting on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the big [D] door price.
We're [G] gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts dancing [D] in our eyes.
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[F#m] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
She thinks all my jokes are corny.
Convict movies make her [G] horny.
She likes ketchup on her scrambled [D] eggs.
Swears like a sailor when she shaves [A] her legs.
She takes a lickin' and keeps on takin'.
I'm never [D] gonna let her go.
Well, he's got more balls than a big brass monkey.
He's a whacked out weirdo and a love bug [G] junkie.
Sly as a fox, crazy as [D] a loon.
Payday comes and he's a howlin' [A] at the moon.
But he's my baby, I don't mean maybe.
I'm never gonna let [D] him go.
In spite [G] of ourselves, we'll end up sitting [D] on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the [D] big door price.
[G] We're gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our eyes.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our [G] [D] eyes.
In spite of ourselves.
[G] [D] [N] Well, I knew somewhere in the record I was going to have to get around to writing one.
So, this one here, I actually wrote it for a movie.
I was in a movie last year, I guess it was coming out around Christmas.
And me and Billy Bob Thornton play brothers in it.
And Andy Griffith is our dad.
That makes me like Opie's step-brother.
[A]
So, Billy Bob asked me to write a song for the ending of the movie.
And I asked him, I said,
You know, I don't understand when you write a song for a movie,
I said, are you supposed to talk about them or not talk about them?
[G] You know, I said, because sometimes I go to movies and the song comes on,
it's like your alarm radio went off in your hotel room, you know.
I said, what the [N] heck's that song doing in here?
So, Billy Bob just said, hmm.
[Bm] So, [F#] I just went and wrote this song here.
Kind of based it loosely, real loosely, on a couple of characters in the film.
[D]
[A] [D] It's called In Spite of Ourselves.
She
[G] [Em] [D]
[A]
[D] don't like her eggs all runny.
She thinks that crossing her legs is [G] funny.
She looks down, her nose that [D] money.
She gets it on like the Easter [A] Bunny.
She's my baby, I'm her honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let her go.
Well, he ain't got laid in a month of Sundays.
I caught him once and he was sniffing [G] my undies.
He ain't real sharp, but he gets [D] things done.
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen.
[A] But he's my baby and I'm his honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let him go.
[G] In spite of ourselves, we'll end [D] up sitting on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the big [D] door price.
We're [G] gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts dancing [D] in our eyes.
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[F#m] [G] [D]
[A] [D]
She thinks all my jokes are corny.
Convict movies make her [G] horny.
She likes ketchup on her scrambled [D] eggs.
Swears like a sailor when she shaves [A] her legs.
She takes a lickin' and keeps on takin'.
I'm never [D] gonna let her go.
Well, he's got more balls than a big brass monkey.
He's a whacked out weirdo and a love bug [G] junkie.
Sly as a fox, crazy as [D] a loon.
Payday comes and he's a howlin' [A] at the moon.
But he's my baby, I don't mean maybe.
I'm never gonna let [D] him go.
In spite [G] of ourselves, we'll end up sitting [D] on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the [D] big door price.
[G] We're gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our eyes.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our [G] [D] eyes.
In spite of ourselves.
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ Irish, you sing these songs like [D] you know them, you know.
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [N] Well, I knew somewhere in the record I was going to have to get around to writing one.
So, this one here, I actually wrote it for a movie.
_ I was in a movie last year, I guess it was coming out around Christmas.
And me and Billy Bob Thornton play brothers in it.
And Andy Griffith is our dad.
_ _ _ _ _ That makes me like Opie's step-brother.
_ _ [A] _ _
So, Billy Bob asked me to write a song for the ending of the movie.
And I asked him, I said,
You know, I don't understand when you write a song for a movie,
I said, are you supposed to talk about them or not talk about them?
[G] You know, I said, because sometimes I go to movies and the song comes on,
it's like your alarm radio went off in your hotel room, you know.
I said, what the [N] heck's that song doing in here?
_ So, _ _ Billy Bob just said, hmm. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] So, [F#] _ I just went and wrote this song here.
Kind of based it loosely, real loosely, on a couple of characters in the film.
[D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ It's called In Spite of Ourselves.
She _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ don't like her eggs all runny.
She thinks that crossing her legs is [G] funny.
She looks down, her nose that [D] money.
She gets it on like the Easter [A] Bunny.
She's my baby, I'm her honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let her go.
_ Well, he ain't got laid in a month of Sundays.
I caught him once and he was sniffing [G] my undies.
He ain't real sharp, but he gets [D] things done.
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen.
[A] But he's my baby and I'm his honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let him go.
_ [G] In spite of ourselves, we'll end [D] up sitting on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the big [D] door price.
We're [G] gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts dancing [D] in our eyes.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She thinks all my jokes are corny.
Convict movies make her [G] horny.
She likes ketchup on her scrambled [D] eggs.
Swears like a sailor when she shaves [A] her legs.
She takes a lickin' and keeps on takin'.
I'm never [D] gonna let her go.
_ _ Well, he's got more balls than a big brass monkey.
He's a whacked out weirdo and a love bug [G] junkie.
Sly as a fox, crazy as [D] a loon.
Payday comes and he's a howlin' [A] at the moon.
But he's my baby, I don't mean maybe.
I'm never gonna let [D] him go. _
In spite [G] of ourselves, we'll end up sitting [D] on a rainbow. _
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the [D] big door price. _
[G] We're gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our eyes.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our [G] [D] eyes.
_ In spite of ourselves. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [N] Well, I knew somewhere in the record I was going to have to get around to writing one.
So, this one here, I actually wrote it for a movie.
_ I was in a movie last year, I guess it was coming out around Christmas.
And me and Billy Bob Thornton play brothers in it.
And Andy Griffith is our dad.
_ _ _ _ _ That makes me like Opie's step-brother.
_ _ [A] _ _
So, Billy Bob asked me to write a song for the ending of the movie.
And I asked him, I said,
You know, I don't understand when you write a song for a movie,
I said, are you supposed to talk about them or not talk about them?
[G] You know, I said, because sometimes I go to movies and the song comes on,
it's like your alarm radio went off in your hotel room, you know.
I said, what the [N] heck's that song doing in here?
_ So, _ _ Billy Bob just said, hmm. _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] So, [F#] _ I just went and wrote this song here.
Kind of based it loosely, real loosely, on a couple of characters in the film.
[D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ It's called In Spite of Ourselves.
She _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ don't like her eggs all runny.
She thinks that crossing her legs is [G] funny.
She looks down, her nose that [D] money.
She gets it on like the Easter [A] Bunny.
She's my baby, I'm her honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let her go.
_ Well, he ain't got laid in a month of Sundays.
I caught him once and he was sniffing [G] my undies.
He ain't real sharp, but he gets [D] things done.
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen.
[A] But he's my baby and I'm his honey.
I'm never gonna [D] let him go.
_ [G] In spite of ourselves, we'll end [D] up sitting on a rainbow.
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the big [D] door price.
We're [G] gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts dancing [D] in our eyes.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ She thinks all my jokes are corny.
Convict movies make her [G] horny.
She likes ketchup on her scrambled [D] eggs.
Swears like a sailor when she shaves [A] her legs.
She takes a lickin' and keeps on takin'.
I'm never [D] gonna let her go.
_ _ Well, he's got more balls than a big brass monkey.
He's a whacked out weirdo and a love bug [G] junkie.
Sly as a fox, crazy as [D] a loon.
Payday comes and he's a howlin' [A] at the moon.
But he's my baby, I don't mean maybe.
I'm never gonna let [D] him go. _
In spite [G] of ourselves, we'll end up sitting [D] on a rainbow. _
[A] Against all odds, honey, we're the [D] big door price. _
[G] We're gonna spat our noses right [D] off of our faces.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our eyes.
There won't be nothing but [A] big old hearts [D] dancing in our [G] [D] eyes.
_ In spite of ourselves. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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