Working Joe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][D][A][D]
[A][D][A][D]
[A]

[Verse 1]
[D]I used to love
these lazy [A]winter afternoons;
Start[D]ing out too late giving
[A]up too [G]soon;
Coming home to [C#]coffee and
[F#]a trashy [B]boo[Em]k;
Never paying any mind if [A]things
were [Bm]never [A]done on

[Verse 2]
[D]Time was when a fella could just
[A]let time slip away;
No [D]worries car or telephone just
[A]rent and food [F#m]to pay;
And [G]every night with [C#]single
[F#]buddies boozing at [B]the bar,
[Em]Living for the minute,
taking [A]every hour in it!

[Verse 3]
But [G]now there's just too [C#]much
to do in [F#]any g[B]iven day;
The [Em]car phone the [A]kiddies shoes
too many [Bm]bills[D] to [Bm]pay;
[F#]Running from the crack of dawn
'til [Bm]Knowlton reads the [D]news,
And [Em]falling into bed too wiped [A]to
even [Bm]kiss [A]the wife [D]good night.
[A]Oh, [Em]oh, [D]oh..[A].just another working Joe.[F#m]
[G][A]

[Interlude 1]
[F#][B][Em][A][G][A]
[D][A][Em][D][A][F#m]

[Verse 4]
[D]The baby's in the Swingomatic, singing
Rock [A]and [D]Roll;
My Sweetie's in the kitchen,
whipping up my favourite casser[G]ole.
[D]I kno[G]cked off work at ten[C#] o'clock,
the [F#]kids are still [B]at school.
The [Em]coffee pot is [A]perking...to hell
with bloody working.

[Verse 5]
Oh, it [G]sure is sweet to [C#]sit at home
and [F#]let time slip [B]away,
Though to[Em]morrow I'll be [A]scratch
ing through another work[Bm]ing [D]day;[Bm]
But [F#]when I start to come apart
from [Bm]all the things to d[A]o,
[D]I kno[Em]w that I'll be taking soo[D]n an
[Bm]other [A]lazy [D]winter [A]afternoon.
[G]Oh, [D]oh, oh...just another work
[A]ing [D]Joe!

[Outro 1]
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[D][A][D][A]
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