Chords for Ordinary Joe
Tempo:
62.8 bpm
Chords used:
F
Em
Am
Bm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F] And for my opening [F] line, I might try [Em] to indicate my state of mind, turn [F] you on.
Do you know that [Em] I'm laughing just to keep from crying?
[F] Pretty music, [Em] when you hear it, keep [F] on trying [Em] to get near it.
[F] A little rhythm [Em] for your spirit, [Am] but that's what it's for.
Come on in, hit the [F] door, an off-scene [Em] asparagus, get high, [F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
[F] He thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Now here's a [F] mystery, and maybe [Em] you can help to make it clear to me, when [F] you're fast asleep.
Then what is [Em] it that's lighting up the dreams you see?
[F] All of your tears, [Em] I can't conceal it, and [F] all of your prayers [Em] may not reveal it.
[F] You got soul, [Em] so you can feel it, [Am] and when you make the scene, well you know what I [F] mean.
Hey, I've seen [Em] asparagus get high, [F] and waste [Em] his time in the sky.
[F] He thinks [Em] it's easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] [Em]
[F] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F] [Em]
I'm [Am] here on the ground, [F] when your fine [Em] folks are giving you the run around.
Keep [F] your game up tight, and if you [Em] must, just take your secrets underground.
[F] Now politicians, [Em] try to speech you, [F] mad color watchers, [Em] try to teach you.
[F] Very few will [Em] really try to reach you, [Am] if you're lost in the stack, well that's okay.
Come on [F] black, now I'd be the [Em] last to deny, [F] that I'm just [Em] an average guy.
[F] And would you know, each little [Em] bird in the sky, [F] is just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Hey [F] ordinary Joe, although they [Em] say you're just a lazy so and so, what they [F] think is real,
is nothing [Em] but an animated puppet show.
So [F] don't let time and [Em] space confuse you, and [F] don't let name and [Em] form abuse you,
[Am] when that big Joe [Em] Williams blues you.
[Am] In the light of the sun, you can see honey, but [F] oh I've seen [Em] asparagus get high,
[F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
And [F] don't you know he thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] [Em] [F] [Em] [Bm]
[F] [G] [Em]
[Am] [F] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F] And for my opening [F] line, I might try [Em] to indicate my state of mind, turn [F] you on.
Do you know that [Em] I'm laughing just to keep from crying?
[F] Pretty music, [Em] when you hear it, keep [F] on trying [Em] to get near it.
[F] A little rhythm [Em] for your spirit, [Am] but that's what it's for.
Come on in, hit the [F] door, an off-scene [Em] asparagus, get high, [F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
[F] He thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Now here's a [F] mystery, and maybe [Em] you can help to make it clear to me, when [F] you're fast asleep.
Then what is [Em] it that's lighting up the dreams you see?
[F] All of your tears, [Em] I can't conceal it, and [F] all of your prayers [Em] may not reveal it.
[F] You got soul, [Em] so you can feel it, [Am] and when you make the scene, well you know what I [F] mean.
Hey, I've seen [Em] asparagus get high, [F] and waste [Em] his time in the sky.
[F] He thinks [Em] it's easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] [Em]
[F] [Em]
[F] [Em] [F] [Em]
I'm [Am] here on the ground, [F] when your fine [Em] folks are giving you the run around.
Keep [F] your game up tight, and if you [Em] must, just take your secrets underground.
[F] Now politicians, [Em] try to speech you, [F] mad color watchers, [Em] try to teach you.
[F] Very few will [Em] really try to reach you, [Am] if you're lost in the stack, well that's okay.
Come on [F] black, now I'd be the [Em] last to deny, [F] that I'm just [Em] an average guy.
[F] And would you know, each little [Em] bird in the sky, [F] is just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Hey [F] ordinary Joe, although they [Em] say you're just a lazy so and so, what they [F] think is real,
is nothing [Em] but an animated puppet show.
So [F] don't let time and [Em] space confuse you, and [F] don't let name and [Em] form abuse you,
[Am] when that big Joe [Em] Williams blues you.
[Am] In the light of the sun, you can see honey, but [F] oh I've seen [Em] asparagus get high,
[F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
And [F] don't you know he thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] [Em] [F] [Em] [Bm]
[F] [G] [Em]
[Am] [F] [Em]
Key:
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Em
Am
Bm
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F
Em
Am
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ And for my opening [F] line, I might try [Em] to indicate my state of mind, turn [F] you on.
Do you know that [Em] I'm laughing just to keep from crying?
[F] Pretty music, [Em] when you hear it, keep [F] on trying [Em] to get near it.
[F] A little rhythm [Em] for your spirit, [Am] but that's what it's for.
Come on in, hit the [F] door, an off-scene [Em] asparagus, get high, [F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
[F] He thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Now here's a [F] mystery, and maybe [Em] you can help to make it clear to me, when [F] you're fast asleep.
Then what is [Em] it that's lighting up the dreams you see?
[F] All of your tears, [Em] I can't conceal it, and [F] all of your prayers [Em] may not reveal it.
[F] You got soul, [Em] so you can feel it, [Am] and when you make the scene, well you know what I [F] mean.
Hey, I've seen [Em] asparagus get high, [F] and waste [Em] his time in the sky.
[F] He thinks [Em] it's easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em]
I'm [Am] here on the ground, [F] when your fine [Em] folks are giving you the run around.
Keep [F] your game up tight, and if you [Em] must, just take your secrets underground.
[F] Now politicians, [Em] try to speech you, [F] mad color watchers, [Em] try to teach you.
[F] Very few will [Em] really try to reach you, [Am] if you're lost in the stack, well that's okay.
Come on [F] black, now I'd be the [Em] last to deny, [F] that I'm just [Em] an average guy.
[F] And would you know, each little [Em] bird in the sky, [F] is just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Hey [F] ordinary Joe, although they [Em] say you're just a lazy so and so, what they [F] think is real,
is nothing [Em] but an animated puppet show.
So [F] don't let time and [Em] space confuse you, and [F] don't let name and [Em] form abuse you,
[Am] when that big Joe [Em] Williams blues you.
[Am] In the light of the sun, you can see honey, but [F] oh I've seen [Em] asparagus get high,
[F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
And [F] don't you know he thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ And for my opening [F] line, I might try [Em] to indicate my state of mind, turn [F] you on.
Do you know that [Em] I'm laughing just to keep from crying?
[F] Pretty music, [Em] when you hear it, keep [F] on trying [Em] to get near it.
[F] A little rhythm [Em] for your spirit, [Am] but that's what it's for.
Come on in, hit the [F] door, an off-scene [Em] asparagus, get high, [F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
[F] He thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Now here's a [F] mystery, and maybe [Em] you can help to make it clear to me, when [F] you're fast asleep.
Then what is [Em] it that's lighting up the dreams you see?
[F] All of your tears, [Em] I can't conceal it, and [F] all of your prayers [Em] may not reveal it.
[F] You got soul, [Em] so you can feel it, [Am] and when you make the scene, well you know what I [F] mean.
Hey, I've seen [Em] asparagus get high, [F] and waste [Em] his time in the sky.
[F] He thinks [Em] it's easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em]
I'm [Am] here on the ground, [F] when your fine [Em] folks are giving you the run around.
Keep [F] your game up tight, and if you [Em] must, just take your secrets underground.
[F] Now politicians, [Em] try to speech you, [F] mad color watchers, [Em] try to teach you.
[F] Very few will [Em] really try to reach you, [Am] if you're lost in the stack, well that's okay.
Come on [F] black, now I'd be the [Em] last to deny, [F] that I'm just [Em] an average guy.
[F] And would you know, each little [Em] bird in the sky, [F] is just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
Hey [F] ordinary Joe, although they [Em] say you're just a lazy so and so, what they [F] think is real,
is nothing [Em] but an animated puppet show.
So [F] don't let time and [Em] space confuse you, and [F] don't let name and [Em] form abuse you,
[Am] when that big Joe [Em] Williams blues you.
[Am] In the light of the sun, you can see honey, but [F] oh I've seen [Em] asparagus get high,
[F] and waste his [Em] time in the sky.
And [F] don't you know he thinks it's [Em] easy to fly, [F] he's just a little bit [Em] freer than I.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _