{t:Safety Joe}
{st:John Prine (2005)}
{sot}
  Fingerpicking Pattern
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4|------T------------T----|
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   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
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{c:Intro}
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] 
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [C]  [/] [G]  [/] 

[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/]
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [G]  [/]


[/] [G] Well, he never got too lonely [/] [G] .... [/]
[/] [C] And he never got too sad [/] [C] .... [/]
[/] [D] But he never got too happy [/] [D] .... [/]
[/] [C] And that's what's just too [/] [G] bad [/]


[/] [G] He never reached much further [/] [G] .... [/]
[/] [C] Than his lonely arms would go [/] [C] .... [/]
[/] [D] He wore a seatbelt around his [/] [D] heart
And they [/] [D] called him Safety [/] [G] Joe


{soc}
Safety [/] [G] Joe (Safety [/] [G] Joe) Safety [/] [C] Joe (Safety [/] [C] Joe) [/]
[/] [G] What do you [/] [G] say? What do you [/] [D] know? [/] [D] ....
If you don't [/] [G] loosen up the [/] [G] buckle, on your [/] [C] heart and start to [/] [C] chuckle
You're [/] [D] gonna die of [/] [D] boredom Safety [/] [G] Joe [/] [G] .... [/]
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[/] [G] Now Joe he lived in [/] [G] Baltimore [/]
[/] [C] Cause New York was too darn [/] [C] fast [/]
[/] [D] He sometimes went down to [/] [D] Washington [/]
[/] [C] Just to view our nation's [/] [G] past [/]
[/] [G] He never ate his vegetables [/] [G] .... [/]
[/] [C] Cause they were just too darn [/] [C] chewy [/]
[/] [D] And he never climbed much [/] [D] higher
Than the [/] [D] arch in old St. [/] [G] Louis


{soc}
Safety [/] [G] Joe (Safety [/] [G] Joe) Safety [/] [C] Joe (Safety [/] [C] Joe) [/]
[/] [G] What do you [/] [G] say? What do you [/] [D] know? [/] [D] ....
If you don't [/] [G] loosen up the [/] [G] buckle, on your [/] [C] heart and start to [/] [C] chuckle
You're [/] [D] gonna die of [/] [D] boredom Safety [/] [G] Joe [/] [G] .... [/]
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{c:Instrumental}
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] 
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/]
[/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/]
[/] [D]  [/] [D]  [/] [G]  [/] [G]  [/]


[/] [G] Joe gradually grew meaner [/] [G] .... [/]
[/] [C] By not changin' his demeanor [/] [C] ....
But he [/] [D] never did nothin' too [/] [D] much, for too long [/] [G] .... [/] [G] .... [/]


[/] [G] Therefore his life never got much [/] [G] richer [/]
[/] [C] Than the day they took that [/] [C] picture [/]
[/] [D] In his birthday suit [/] [D] on the day that he was [/] [G] born [/] [G] .... 


{soc}
Safety [/] [G] Joe (Safety [/] [G] Joe) Safety [/] [C] Joe (Safety [/] [C] Joe) [/]
[/] [G] What do you [/] [G] say? What do you [/] [D] know? [/] [D] ....
If you don't [/] [G] loosen up the [/] [G] buckle, on your [/] [C] heart and start to [/] [C] chuckle
You're [/] [D] gonna die of [/] [D] boredom Safety [/] [G] Joe [/] [G] ....
Well you're [/] [D] gonna die of [/] [D] boredom
Safety [/] [G] Joe [C] [/] [G↓] [D↓] [G↓]   That's golden
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