Joe Chords

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Taken from the GemsOnVHS version (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHIlysuWNMY). The /F# chrords are meant to be played as little bass walks between the Em and the G. The D7 in the chorus is played without the F# (2nd string) on the e string. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	Bb
Capo:	3rd fret

Author GemsOnVHS [a] 4,672. Last edit on Aug 10, 2019

Chords

G/F#

Em/F#

C/G

D7/F#

B7/F#

D/F#

Strumming

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[Intro]
   G                                       Em
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------3--------1---0--------------------------3-----------1-----0---------|
G|--------------------------0-----2---------------------------------0-----2---------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0------0-------0------2-----2-----2-----2------2-----------2------------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3------3-------3------0-----0-----0-----0------0--------2------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
G            G/F#    Em
Well you can call me Joe
         Em       Em/F#    G
It's the lonesome sound of shame
G        G/F#  Em
Tattooed long ago
        Em      Em/F# G
All the letters of my name
    G      G/F#    Em
And I have done my time
         Em     Em/F#     G
You know I worked the oil rigs
    G         G/F#     Em
And all these scars of mine
         Em     Em/F#    G
Ain't no way to keep 'em hid
 
[Chorus]
        C/G D7/F#  C   G
Well if cocaine was coffee
       C/G  B7/F#       Em
And if pain turned into cash
     C/G    Am         G G/F# Em
Then I'd be rich and respectable
    C          D/F#         G
And I wouldn't run from the past
 
[Interlude]
   G                                       Em
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------3--------1---0--------------------------3-----------1-----0---------|
G|--------------------------0-----2---------------------------------0-----2---------------------|
D|----0-----0-----0-----0------0-------0------2-----2-----2-----2------2-----------2------------| x2
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3------3-------3------0-----0-----0-----0------0--------2------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
     G      G/F#  Em
Well on the ocean floor
        Em      Em/F#   G
Are the dollars made of sand
  G          G/F#   Em
I hitchhiked to the shore
       Em     Em/F#  G
And go divin' when I can
        G         G/F#    Em
And the treasures I might find
       Em           Em/F#    G
Well I know they're lost and found
            G          G/F#      Em
And I can't think of a friend of mine
          Em     Em/F#  G
Who would let me hang around
 
[Chorus]
        C/G D7/F#  C   G
Well if cocaine was coffee
       C/G  B7/F#       Em
And if pain turned into cash
     C/G    Am         G G/F# Em
Then I'd be rich and respectable
    C          D/F#         G
And I wouldn't run from the past
 
[Interlude]
C Am C G C B7 Em C Am G G/F# Em C D G
 
[Chorus]
        C/G D7/F#  C   G
Well if cocaine was coffee
       C/G  B7/F#       Em
And if pain turned into cash
     C/G    Am         G G/F# Em
Then I'd be rich and respectable
    C          D/F#         G
And I wouldn't run from the past
     C/G    Am         G G/F# Em
Then I'd be rich and respectable
    C          D/F#         G
And I wouldn't run from the past
 
[Outro]
G G/F# Em Em Em/F# G x4
 
     Em      Em/F#   G
Well you can call me Joe
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2 comments

Hey mate, thanks a lot for the text changes, sounds just right, edited it. I'm not quite on your side regarding the chords in the chorus though, so i'm gonna leaave it the way it is for the moment.