Chords for John Prine - It's A Big Old Goofy World

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_ Up in the morning, [C] work like a dog, _ [D] is better than sitting [G] like a bump on a log. _
_ Mind all your manners, [Ab] be quiet [C] as a mouse. _
[D] Someday you'll own a home [G] that's as big as a house. _
Well I know a fella, _ [C] he eats like a horse, _ [D] knocks his old balls [C] round the [G] old golf course. _
You ought to see his wife, _ [C] she's a cute little bitch.
She [D] smokes like a chimney, [C] and [G] drinks like a fish. _
There's a big old goofy man, dancing [C] with a big old goofy girl.
[D] Oh baby, it's a big old [G] group. _
_ Now Elvis had a woman, with a [C] head like a rock.
[D] I wish I had a woman, [G] who'd make my knees knock. _
_ She'd sing like an angel, _ [C] knead like a bird.
[D] And if I wrote her a song, she'd [G] know every single word. _
There's a big old goofy man, [C] dancing with a big old goofy girl.
[D] Oh baby, it's a big old [G] group. _
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_ Kiss a little baby, [C] give the world a smile. _
[D] If you take an inch, _ [G] give a bag a mile. _
Cause if you lie like a rug, _ [C] and you don't give a damn, _
[D] you're never gonna be as [C] [G] happy as a clam. _
So I'm sitting in a hotel, _ [C] trying to write a song.
[D] My head is just as empty, [C] as the day [G] is long. _ _
White's clear as a bell, [C] I should have gone to school. _
[D] I'd be wise as an owl, [C] instead [G] of stubborn as a mule. _
There's a big old goofy man, dancing [C] with a big old goofy girl.
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_ Oh baby, it's a big old [G] goofy world.
[D] Oh baby, it's a big old [G] goofy world. _ _ _
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