Lonesome Friends of Science Chords by John Prine

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The lonesome friends of science say [F] the world will end most any day.
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Well, if it does, then that's okay, _
[G] because 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, and my family. _
[C] _ _ Now _ _ _ _ _ poor old Planet Pluto, now, [F] he never stood a chance, no how,
[C] when he got _ uninvited to _
[G] the _ _ interplanetary dance.
[C] _ Once a madly planted there, [F] now just an _ ordinary star,
[C] _ hanging out in Hollywood, _
[G] in some old funky sushi [D] bar.
[C] The lonesome friends of science say [F] the world will end most any day. _
[C] Well, if it does, then that's okay, _
[G] because 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, and my kids and me.
[C] _ _ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Vulcan lives in Birmingham, _
[F] _ sometimes he just don't give a damn. _
[C] His head is full of _ bumblebees, [G] his pride hangs down below his knees.
[C] _ Venus left him long ago, [F] for a guy named Mars from Idaho. _
[C] The Vulcan sent a wedding gift, [G] three-legged stool and a wheelchair lift.
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_ The lonesome friends of science say [F] this world will end most any day.
[C] Well, if it does, then that's okay, _
[G] because 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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[Am] Those _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ 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 rains.
[F] 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 [F] say this world will end most any day.
[C] _ Well, if it does, then that's okay, [G] _ because 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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