[C]She don't like her eggs all runny
[C]She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
[F]She looks down her nose at money
[C]She gets it on like the easter bunnN
[G]She's my baby, I'm her honey
[C]I'm never gonna let her go [C]
Verse 2: (Iris DeMent)
[C]He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies[F]
He 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
[C]Never gonna let him go [C]
Chorus
[F]In spite of ourselves [C]
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow [G]
Against all odds [C]
Honey, we're the big door prize [F]
We're gonna spite our noses [C]
Right off of our faces [G]
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
[C]Dancin' in our eyes
Instrumental
[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G]
Verse 3: (John Prine)
[C]She thinks all my jokes are corny
Convict movies make her horny
[F]She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
[C]Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
[G]She takes a lickin', and keeps on tickin'
[C]I'm never gonna let her go [C]
Verse 4: (Iris DeMent)
[C]He's got more balls than a big brass monkey
He's a wacked out weirdo 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
[C]Never gonna let him go [C]
Chorus
[F]In spite of ourselves
[C]We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
[G]Against all odds
[C]Honey, we're the big door prize
[F]We're gonna spite our noses
[C]Right off of our faces
[G]There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
[C]Dancin' in our eyes
[G]There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
[C]Dancin' in our eyes [C]
Outro: (spoken)
[F]In spite of ourselves,
[C]we'll end up sittin on a rainbow.
[G]Against all odds, [C]
[F]honey we're the big door prize, We're gonna spite
[C]Our noses right off our faces,
[G]there won't be nothing but our big old hearts
[C]Dancing in our eyes