Chords for Todd Snider - Joe's Blues

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_ _ We're gonna slip on the [Dm] dark shades for you this [E] time.
Sing you some [D] of Joe's [F] blues, now.
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[D] _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ You can't [D] groove on dope.
_ _ You [C] can't [D] groove on the wine. _ _ _
_ [Dm] If you're trying to catch a groove watching [C] TV,
man, you are [D] wasting time. _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Em] Well, you can do what you want.
You won't get [C] far.
You know they're on their way
to groove is on the bass guitar.
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_ _ You find a loose rhythm. _
[A] _ [D] _ [Am] Now, then you [D] lock in time.
_ _ _ [C] _ If you roll on it over and over till it sounds just exactly _ [D] _ right.
_ [A] You can learn to [E] sing a [Am] lead if you need to be a [C] star.
[D] But the only way to groove is on a bass guitar.
[G] Instead it fills [C] out the bottom [G] dirty and mean.
It's [A] downright [D] greasy when the sound [Dm] man's clean.
[G] You know the eyes in the room, they all looking at the star.
The butts are all [B] shaking to the bass [F] guitar.
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[Dm] [Am] Give me a little [D] love, man. _ _ _
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_ _ [C] You could dress [D] real cool.
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_ [D] _ _ Wear dark [A] shades.
_ [D] _ [Dm] _ _ You might be [A] sleek, [D] sharp and [C] shiny just like [D] a razor [F] blade.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] Yeah, [A] you drive around town in a long black _
[D] _ _ groove is on the bass guitar.
[G] You know it fills out the bottom dirty and [Fm] mean.
[D] It's [A] downright grunge when [D] the sound [F] guy's clean.
[D] The eyes in the [C] room, they [G] all looking at the star.
[A] The butts are all shaking to [Cm] the bass guitar.
[D] Play it for me one time, [Dm] my brother. _ _
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[Am] You know, my [Dm] friend, the good Dr.
Joe Marinczek brought me [D] this song.
_ [C] _ [D] _ [A] He told me [Am] it was the perfect country [G] and western [Dm] song. _ _
I told him it was not the perfect country and western song.
Because [G] it didn't mention mama.
[Dm] _ It didn't mention truck.
Yeah, it didn't even have a country beat.
It's more of a kind of a jazz thing.
And it's about bass.
[B] I don't know what he's talking [D] about.
[F] Check him out though, [Dm] he's good.
[Bm] Joe, do something.
Hey! _
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Yes, you can do what you want.
Do what you want.
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