Joke In There Somewhere Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][D][Em][D][G][D][Em]
[D][Em][D][Em][D]
[G][D][G]
[D]Each

[Verse 1]
morning my [Em]beloved
Asks me [D]to open up my [Em]eye s
[D]See what kind of attention I can pay

[Verse 2]
[D]
I see [F]a corporate coffeehouse
Putting up their Christ[Bb]mas decorations
Com[F]muter cars all waiting at [Bb]a light
The [F]line outside the Roxy full of
hopeful conver[Bb]sation
[F]Some local band is playing there tonight
[Bb]

[Verse 3]
A [F]couple walks their dog discussing
what [Bb]to eat for dinner
A [F]runaway is being read his [Bb]rights
[F]A hotel hosts a conference called
"Investment [Bb]for Beginners"
[F]Some high school coach is
breaking up [G]a fight

[Verse 4]
But there's a [D]joke in there
[G]somewhere
[Asus4]A joke in[D] there somewhere[G]
[Asus4]A joke in[D] there somewhere[Bm][F#]
[B]One that I am not[Abm] prepa[Em]red to ma[Gm]ke

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em]
[D][Em][D][G][D][Em][G][D]
[Em][D][Em][D][Em][G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
This [D]afternoon my doc[Em]tor had
me [D]sit down in [Em]a chair
He [D]asked me then to walk
[G]him through [Em]my day
[D]

[Verse 6]
I heard [F]ra dios bring ball games to
an [Fsus4]ancient glacial t[Bb]raffic
[F]A starving dog was whimpering
in [Bb]pain
[F]A sound check through the alley sounds
like [Bb]something close to magic
For a trav[F]eling dad that's
bound to miss his plane
[Bb]

[Verse 7]
A [F]boomer on a cellphone talking
[Bb]through party provisions
[F]Beneath the giant bullseye neon [Bb]sign
And I mention [F]Dixie cups and pizza
crusts and giant televi[Bb]sions
The [F]allegory of the con[G]ga line

[Verse 8]
There's a [D]joke in there [G]somewhere
[Asus4]A joke in[D] there somewhere[G]
[D]A joke in there [Bm]some[B]where[F#]
[B]One that I just don[Abm]'t know how[Em] to [Gm]tell

[Interlude 2]
[D][Em]
[D][Em][D][G][Em][G][D][G][D]
[Em][D][Em][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 9]
Now [D]as the sun is setting,
[Em]I meet my brot[D]her for a drin[Em]k
An[D]d he asks if I got something on my mind

[Verse 10]
[D]
So I [F]tell him 'bout this movie and
how I [Bb]didn't get the ending
Why [F]do they let the creature
get [Bb]away?[Fsus4]
[F]He reminds me that all it is,
is cos[Bb]tumes and pretending
But [F]there must be something else
they're trying to say
[Bb]

[Verse 11]
[F]
[Fsus4]About the[Bb]se bui[F]ldings and the asphalt
and the nat[Fsus4]ural habitatio[Bb]ns
The [F]pigeons,
cats and rats and para[Bb]sites
This [F]wild and dancing city conducting
[Fsus4]perfect o[Bb]rches[F]trations
The way a stranger wishes us
good night
[Bb][Fsus4][Bb]

[Verse 12]
But he says [F]"Every time we've sat here
getting [Bb]nervous for the future
We've [F]ended up some
version of [Bb]okay
These [F]songs that we are singing
shouldn't give in to the ru[Bb]mors
[F]They should give some kind of
strength to meet the day"
[G]

[Verse 13]
But there's a [D]joke in there [G]somewhere
A [D]joke in there somewhere
[G]A jok[D]e in there som[Bm]ewhere
[F#]We j[B]ust gotta find[Abm]
[Gm]a way [D]to laugh[E]
We just gotta [Gm]find a way [D]to laugh