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Living In The Future

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G
Jehosaphat the mongrel cat
G                     C
Jumped off the roof today
C                    G
Some say he fell but I could tell
    D7           G
He did himself away
G
His eyes weren't bright like they were the night
G                           C
We played checkers on the train
C                             G
God Bless his soul he was a tootsie roll
            D7                 G
But he's a dead cat just the same
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        C              G
We are living in the future
      C               G
I'll tell you how I know
    C              G
I read it in the paper
D7             G
Fifteen years ago
C                    G
We're all driving rocket ships
     C                 G
And talking with our minds
     C                  G
And wearing turquoise jewelry
     D7                G
And standing in soup lines
       D7                G
We are standing in soup lines
G
Jake the barber's lonely daughter
G                         C
Went down to her daddy's shop
C                           G
She plugged herself to a barber pole
     D7                    G
And took a little off the top
  G
Pressure on the left. Pressure on the right
 G                             C
Pressure in the middle of the hole
     C                     G
I'm goin' to Maine on a forty foot crane
           D7                   G
I'm gonna use it for a fishin' pole
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 G
Old Sarah Brown sells tickets down
 G                        C
At the all night picture show
C                                   G
Where they grind out sex and they rate it with an "X"
         D7                       G
Just to make a young man's pants grow
   G
No tops no bottoms just hands and feet
  G                        C
Screaming the posters out on the street
 C                       G
Strangling the curious and the weak
    D7                          G
We give them what they wanna see
         D7                        G
Yeah we give 'em what they wanna see - O
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Living In The Future Chords by John Prine

Learn how to play Living In The Future by John Prine with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Living In The Future chords”, “Living In The Future guitar chords”, or “John Prine Living In The Future chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Living In The Future chords and for experienced players who want accurate Living In The Future lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include G, C, D7.

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