Living In The Future
John Prine
Continues after the ad
Key:
G Jehosaphat the mongrel catG C Jumped off the roof todayC G Some say he fell but I could tellD7 G He did himself awayG His eyes weren't bright like they were the nightG C We played checkers on the trainC G God Bless his soul he was a tootsie rollD7 G But he's a dead cat just the same Chorus:C G We are living in the futureC G I'll tell you how I knowC G I read it in the paperD7 G Fifteen years agoContinues after the adC G We're all driving rocket shipsC G And talking with our mindsC G And wearing turquoise jewelryD7 G And standing in soup linesD7 G We are standing in soup linesG Jake the barber's lonely daughterG C Went down to her daddy's shopC G She plugged herself to a barber poleD7 G And took a little off the topG Pressure on the left. Pressure on the rightG C Pressure in the middle of the holeC G I'm goin' to Maine on a forty foot craneD7 G I'm gonna use it for a fishin' pole Repeat Chorus:G Old Sarah Brown sells tickets downG C At the all night picture showC Where they grind out sex and theyG rate it with an "X"D7 Just to make a young man's pantsG growG No tops no bottoms just hands and feetG C Screaming the posters out on the streetC G Strangling the curious and the weakD7 G We give them what they wanna seeD7 Yeah we give 'em what they wanna seeG - O