Chords for John Prine - The Bottomless Lake - Aimless Love

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_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ Here's a story of a man and his family
[F] And a big trip that [Bb] they took
Well I heard all about it in a restaurant
[C] And I read [F] it in a history book
[Eb] They rented a [Bb] car at the Erie Canal
But the car didn't [Eb] have no brake
Said [Bb] my, my, my God this car
Is gonna [F] fall into the [Bb] bottomless lake
_ [Eb] Well [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ my mama turned to daddy with a pale face
[F] Said I've done something horribly [Bb] wrong
Well the water's still running in the bathtub
[C] And I think I left the kitchen [F] light [Eb] on
Then I heard a crash [Bb] and the car went splash
The compass rolled [Eb] around and around
Oh for [Bb] heaven's sake we fell in the [F] lake
And I think we're all [Bb] gonna drown
[F] We are falling down, down to [Bb] the bottom
Of a hole in the ground, smoke them if you got them
[Eb] I'm so [Bb] scared I can hardly breathe
I may [F] never see [Bb] my sweetheart again _ _
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There was plenty of food in the backseat
[F] And the windows [Bb] was rolled up tight
So we all nibbled on a chicken [C] leg
Told stories [F] way through the night
[Eb] Well Pop told [Bb] one that he told before
And the baby got [Eb] a bellyache
Said my, [Bb] my, my God this car
Is [F] falling down [Bb] the bottomless lake
We are [F] falling down, down to [Bb] the bottom
Of a hole in the ground, smoke them if you got them
[Eb] I'm so scared [Bb] I can hardly breathe
I may never see my sweetheart again
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_ [F] _ [Bb] _ Well Papa played the music on the radio
[F] Mama rocked [Bb] the baby to sleep
He said he would have taken the other road
[Am] But he didn't think the [F] lake was that deep
[Bb] Well if the ferry had been there at the end of the fair
We'd be halfway to [Eb] Uncle Jake's
Instead of looking at [Bb] fish out the window
I [F] wish we'd hit the bottom of [Bb] the bottomless lake
Instead of looking at fish out the window
I wish we'd hit [F] the bottom of [Bb] the bottomless lake
[F] But we are falling down, down to [Bb] the bottom
Of a hole in the ground, smoke them if you got them
[Eb] I'm [Bb] so scared I can hardly breathe
I [F] may never [Bb] see my sweetheart again
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_ _ _ So if you're ever going on a big trip
You [F] better be [Bb] careful out there
Study everything on your good foot
[C] Wear clean [F] underwear
_ [Bb] Take along a bottle in the backseat
Read of David and of [Eb] Solomon
For if you make [Bb] a mistake in the bottomless lake
[F] You may never see [Bb] sweetheart again
[Eb] If you should make a mistake [Bb] in the bottomless lake
[F] You may never [Bb] see sweetheart again
[Eb] If you should make a mistake [Bb] in the bottomless lake
You [F] may never [Bb] see sweetheart again That's right _ _
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