Automobile Chords by John Prine

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February morning, my car won't start today.
I turn the key, it did 0-3, but [Em] the battery passed away on [E] Saturday morning.
Automobile, I'm running around, automobile, I'm running around, automobile, I'm running around,
it all went down the street.
Strats getting made in the springtime, the wheels getting made in the fall.
I got married in high school, or I wouldn't have gotten married at all, the beat dropped in my head.
Automobile, I'm running around, automobile, I'm running around, _ automobile, I'm running [C#] around,
it all went down [E] the street. _ _ _ _
_ _ Everybody said to the new groom, groom, what you gonna be?
I said, I'm gonna be a symphony just as soon as I find a key. _
_ _ Automobile, automobile, I'm running around, automobile, it all went down the street. _ _ _ _
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Plum sales in the ocean, Moses in the sea,
the Lord [F] left me yesterday, [B] well I think she took the [E] key. _ _ _
_ Automobile, automobile, I'm running around, automobile, it all went down the street.
_ _ _ _ I held a little bitty baby, I held a woman all night.
Never I get the [G] hiccups, I hold my breath till my head gets a light.
_ _ _ Automobile, automobile, I'm driving, automobile, I'm gonna [B] drive it all around.
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_ _ _ Every, every morning, the car won't start today,
it'll turn the key at 8.03 and [Dm] the battery passed away.
[E] _ _ _ Automobile, automobile, I'm running, automobile, it all went down, [E] all around.
Man, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it's a beautiful day for a ride.
Kyle, get your head down, I can't see anything. _ _
_ Let me get a figure, I don't want to have to take my hands off the wheel.
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_ I'll take the air cleaner off in a second.
You want me to get you a figure? Really do.
_ _ _ Uh oh.
Good for me, like a hospital.
Go.
_ _ _ _ Everybody needs a wife. _
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Don't wake the dead up. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ Almost there, hang on.
Uh oh, here we go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I ain't never, _ never, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all right. _ _
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[E] Well, you can just hold it until we get to the next town. _ _ _ _