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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2365785,"song":"Lonesome Friends Of Science","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2365785-lonesome-friends-of-science-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2365785?type=chord","rating":4.74055,"votes":313,"content":"“The Lonesome Friends of Science”\r\nby John Prine\r\nfrom the album Tree of Forgiveness\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lonesome friends of science say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe world will end most any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, if it does, then that's okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz I don't live here anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI live down deep inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere long ago I made my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get my mail in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy wife, my dog, and my family[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nPoor old planet Pluto now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe never stood a chance no how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he got uninvited to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe interplanetary dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce a mighty planet there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow just an ordinary star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHanging out in Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn some ol' funky sushi bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lonesome friends of science say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe world will end most any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, if it does, then that's okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz I don't live here anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI live down deep inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere long ago I made my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get my mail in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy wife, my dog, and my kids, and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Vulcan lives in Birmingham[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSometimes he just don't give a damn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis head is full of bumblebees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis pride hangs down below his knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nVenus left him long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor a guy named Mars from Idaho[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Vulcan sent a wedding gift:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree-legged stool and a wheelchair lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lonesome friends of science say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe world will end most any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, if it does, then that's okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz I don't live here anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI live down deep inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere long ago I made my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get my mail in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy wife, my dog, my kids, and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh-huh, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh-huh, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThose bastards in their white lab coats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho experiment with mountain goats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShould leave the universe alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not their business, not their home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI go to sleep, and it never rains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy dog predicts hurricanes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe can smell a storm a mile away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's all the news we have today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lonesome friends of science say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe world will end most any day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, if it does, then that's okay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz I don't live here anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI live down deep inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhere long ago I made my bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get my mail in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy wife, my dog, my kids, and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh-huh, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh-huh, uh-huh[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUh-huh[/tab]","plain_text":"“The Lonesome Friends of Science”\nby John Prine\nfrom the album Tree of Forgiveness\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}