Chords for Safety Joe - John Prine

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Well, he never got too lonely _ and [C] _ he never got too sad _ _
_ [D] But he never got too happy _ _
_ [G] and that's what's just too bad _
_ _ He never reached much further _
_ _ [C] Then his lonely arms would go
[G] _ _ _ [D] He wore a seat belt around his heart
And they called him [G] safety Joe
_ safety Joe _
safety Joe
safety [C] Joe
safety Joe
_ [G] _ What do you say what do [D] you know? _
_ _ If you [G] don't loosen up the buckle on [C] your heart and start to chuckle
_ [D] You're gonna die of boredom
_ [G] Safety Joe _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now Joe he lived in Baltimore
_ _ _ [C] Cuz New York was too darn fast
_ _ [D] He sometimes went down to Washington
Just [G] _
to view our nation's past _ _
He never ate his vegetables
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Cuz they were just too darn chewy
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[D] And he never climbed much higher _
Than the arch in old st.
[G] Louis _ _
safety Joe
safety _ Joe [C] safety Joe _ safety Joe
[G] _ _ What do you say?
What do [D] you know?
_ _ _ If you [G] don't loosen _ up the buckle _ [C] on your heart and start to [G] chuckle
Where [D] you gonna die of boredom? _
[G] Safety Joe
_ _ Where's that mandolin?
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_ [D] _ _ It's the chorus _
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Joe gradually grew meaner _
By [C] not changing his demeanor
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[D] But he never did nothing too much for [G] too long _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Therefore his life never got much richer
_ [C] _ Than the day they took that picture [G] _
in [D] his birthday suit on the day that he [G] was born _ _ _ _ _
Safety Joe
Safety _ _ _ _ [C] Joe _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ What do you say what [D] do you know? _ _ _ _
If you [G] don't loosen _ up the buckle on [C] your heart and start to chuckle
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[D] Where you gonna die of boredom?
[G] Safety Joe _ _ _ _
Where [D] you gonna die of boredom? _
Safety _ [C] Joe
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_ _ _ That's golden
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