Chords for John Prine - The Lonesome Friends of Science - The Tree of Forgiveness

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The lonesome friends of science say [F] the world will end [A] most any [C] day.
Well if it does then that's [G] okay, cause I don't live here [C] anyway.
I live down deep inside my [F] head, where long ago I made my [C] bed.
I get my mail in Tennessee, [G] my wife, my dog, and my family.
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Now poor old Planet Pluto [F] now, he never stood a chance no [C] how.
When he got uninvited [G] to the interplanetary [C] dance.
Once a mighty planet [F] there, not just an ordinary [C] star.
Hangin' out in Hollywood, [G] in some old funky sushi [C] bar.
The lonesome friends of science say [F] the world will end most any [C] day.
Well if it does then that's [G] okay, cause I don't live here anyway.
[C] I live down deep inside my [F] head, where long ago I made my [C] bed.
I get my mail in Tennessee, [G]
my wife, my dog, and my kids and [C] me. _ _
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The Vulcan lives in Birmingham, [F] sometimes he just don't give a [C] damn.
His head is full of [G] bumblebees, his pride hangs down below his [C] knees.
Venus left him long [F] ago, for a guy named Mars from Idaho.
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The Vulcan sent a wedding [G] gift, a three-legged stool and a wheelchair [C] lift.
The _ _ lonesome friends of science [F] say this world will end most any day.
[C] Well if it does then that's okay, [G]
cause I don't live here anyway.
[C] I live down deep inside my [F] head, where long ago I made my [C] bed.
I get my mail in Tennessee, [G] my wife, my dog, my kids and [C] me.
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Those _ _ bastards in their white lab coats, [F] who experiment with mountain goats,
[C] should leave the universe alone.
[G] It's not their business, not their home.
[C] I go to sleep and it never [F] rains, my dog predicts hurricanes.
[C] She can smell a storm a mile away, [G] that's all the news we have today.
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_ _ The lonesome friends of science say [F] this world will end most any day.
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Well if it does then that's okay, [G] cause I don't live here anyway.
[C] I live down deep inside my head, [F] where long ago I made my bed.
[C] I get my mail in Tennessee, [G] my wife, my dog, my kids and me.
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