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Safety Joe - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Fair & Square
Year: 2005
Intro:
G C D C G
G C D G
G
Well, he never got too lonely
C
And he never got too sad
D
But he never got too happy
C G
And that's what's just too bad
G
He never reached much further
C
Than his lonely arms would go
D
He wore a seatbelt around his heart
G
And they called him Safety Joe
Chorus:
G
Safety Joe
C
Safety Joe
G
What do you say?
D
What do you know?
G
If you don't loosen up the buckle
C
On your heart heart and start to chuckle
D
You're gonna die of boredom
G
Safety Joe
G
Now Joe he lived in Baltimore
C
'Cause New York was too darn fast
D
He sometimes went down to Washington
C G
Just to view our nation's past
G
He never ate his vegetables
C
Cause they were just too darn chewy
D
And he never climbed much higher
G
Than the arch in old St. Louis
(Repeat Chorus 2x)
G
Joe gradually grew meaner
C
By not changin' his demeanor
D
But he never did nothin'
G
Too much for too long
G
Therefore his life never got much richer
C
Than the day they took that picture
D G
In his birthday suit on the day that he was born.
(Repeat Chorus)
D
You're gonna die of boredom
G
Safety Joe
That's golden
