John Prine – Safety Joe (Guitar)

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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