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Common Sense

John Prine
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
You  can't live together
 You can't live alone
Considering  the weather
 Oh my, how you've grown
From  the men in the factories
 To the wild kangaroo
 Like those birds  of a feather
 They're gathering together
 And feeling exactly like you
 They got mesmerized  by lullabies
 And limbo danced in pairs
 Please lock that door
 It don't make much sense
 That common sense
 Don't make no sense no more
Just  between you  and me
 It's like pulling
 When you ought  to be shovin,
Like  a nun  with her head  in the oven
Please  don't tell  me
 That this really  wasn't nothing
 (Repeat Intro)
One  of these days
 One of these nights
You'll  take off your hat
 And they'll read you
 Your rights
You'll  wanna get high
 Every time you feel low
Hey,  Queen Isabella
 Stay away from that fella
 He'll just get you
 Into trouble, you know?
But  they came here by boat
 And they came here by plane
They  blistered their hands
 And they burned out their brain
All  dreaming a dream
 That'll never come true
 Hey, don't give  me no trouble
 Or I'll call up my double
 We'll play piggy-in-the-middle
 With you
 (Repeat Chorus)

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Readable chord sheet for Common Sense by John Prine

[G]   [C]   [D]   [G]

[G]You can't live together
You can't live [C]alone
[D]Considering the weather
Oh my, how you've [G]grown
[G]From the men in the factories
To the wild kanga[C]roo
Like those [D]birds of a feather

They're gathering together
And feeling exactly like [G]you

They got [G]mesmerized by lullabies
And limbo danced in [C]pairs
Please lock that [D]door

It don't make much sense

That common sense
Don't make no sense no [G]more

[C]Just between [D]you and [G]me
It's [C]like [G]pulling
When you [D]ought to be [G]shovin,
[C]Like a [G]nun with her [D]head in the [G]oven
[C]Please don't [G]tell me
That this [D]really wasn't [G]nothing

(Repeat Intro)

[G]One of these days
One of these [C]nights
[D]You'll take off your hat

And they'll read you
Your [G]rights
[G]You'll wanna get high
Every time you feel [C]low
[D]Hey, Queen Isabella

Stay away from that fella

He'll just get you
Into trouble, you [G]know?

[G]But they came here by boat
And they came here by [C]plane
[D]They blistered their hands
And they burned out their [G]brain
[G]All dreaming a dream
That'll never come [C]true
Hey, don't [D]give me no trouble

Or I'll call up my double

We'll play piggy-in-the-middle
With [G]you

(Repeat Chorus)

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