Living In The Future
John Prine
Intro:
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[E]Jehosaphat the mongrel cat
Jumped off the roof to[A]day
Some would say he fell but [E]I could tell
He d[B7]id himself aw[E]ay
His eyes weren't bright like they were the night
We played checkers on the tr[A]ain
God bless his soul he was a to[E]otsie roll
But he's a d[B7]ead man just the s[E]ame
Chorus:
We are li[A]ving in the fu[E]ture
I'll t[A]ell you how I k[E]now
I re[A]ad it in the p[E]aper
Fi[B7]fteen years a[E]go
We're [A]all driving rocket sh[E]ips
And ta[A]lking with our mi[E]nds
And we[A]aring turquoise jew[E]elry
And st[B7]anding in soup l[E]ines
We're s[B7]tanding in soup li[E]nes
[E]Jake the barber's lonely daughter
Went down to her daddy's sh[A]op
She plugged herself to the ba[E]rber pole
And took a li[B7]ttle off the t[E]op
Pre[E]ssure on the left, Pressure on the right
Pressure in the middle of the h[A]ole
I'm goin' to Maine on a fo[E]rty foot crane
I'm gonna u[B7]se it for a fishin' p[E]ole
Repeat Chorus:
Instrumental:
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[E]Old Sarah Brown sells tickets down
At the all night picture s[A]how
Where they grind out sex and they r[E]ate it with an "X"
Just to ma[B7]ke a young man's pants g[E]row
[E]No tops no bottoms just hands and feet
Screaming the posters out on the street
Strangling the curious and the weak
Hell, we g[B7]ive'em what they want to s[E]ee-O.
We g[B7]ive'em what they want to s[E]ee.
Repeat Chorus:
Ending:
We're s[B7]tanding in soup li[E]nes
Instrumental:
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