Joe

AJR

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

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Intro: C  F  G   
        C  F  G   
        C  F  G   
        C  F  G  
 
Verse 1:
              C           F         G 
I believed in God back in 8th grade 
                  C          
He could smoke an eighth on 
  F         G 
A school?day 
                  C        
Remember?when you laughed? 
     F          G 
At my last name 
           C            F        G 
Now I go?by Met is that less lame 
 
Of a last name 
 
( C  Dm  Am  G ) 
( C  Dm  Am  G ) 
 
Verse 2:
              C              Dm 
I believed in God back in 09 
               Am 
Always down to hang 
                G 
He had no time, Yeah 
         C 
But in a couple of years 
        Dm 
I'll be so outta here 
            Am 
I'll have a lotta new friends 
      G 
And I won't even care 
 
 
C            Dm 
I don't ever think of you 
C/E            F 
I got too much stuff to do 
C                    Dm 
Should have left you back in school 
C/E           F 
Joseph do you think I'm 
C            Dm 
I don't ever think of you 
C/E              F 
Look at all this stuff I do 
C                    Dm 
I've playÐµd shows in Belarus 
C/E            F         
Now Joe do you think I'm cool 
 
( C  Dm  Am  G ) 
( C  Dm  Am  G ) 
 
Verse 3: 
               C         
I could make a jokµ but 
                 Dm 
It feels strange 
               Am       
Every time she laughed 
                   G 
It would feel fake 
 
But you could make her 
C                   Dm 
Laugh in a real way 
                      Am 
Yeah I still use your jokes 
                  G 
And they go great 
                 C          
It took a little while but 
             Dm 
I found love 
                  Am 
I thought you'd reply 
                    G 
You just thumbed up 
                C          
I play a lot of shows but 
               Dm 
You don't come 
             Am                   G 
I don't even mind this is so dumb 
 
So dumb 
 
 
C            Dm 
I don't ever think of you 
C/E            F 
I got too much stuff to do 
C                    Dm 
Should have left you back in school 
C/E           F 
Joseph do you think I'm 
C            Dm 
I don't ever think of you 
C/E              F 
Look at all this stuff I do 
C               Dm 
Probably not as much as you 
C/E              F         C 
Still Joe do you think I'm cool 
 
( C  Dm  C/E  F )  
( C  Dm  C/E  F ) 
 
Bridge:
C            Dm           C/E  F 
I don't ever think of you 
C            Dm           C/E  F 
I don't ever think of you 
C            Dm           C/E  F 
I don't ever think of you 
C            Dm           C/E  F 
I don't ever think of you 
 
Verse 4:
C                 Dm 
I got friends all up the coast 
C/E              F 
Proud of all the songs I wrote 
    C                 Dm 
But I can't take this backpack off 
C/E              F 
It comes with me where I go 
C              Dm 
Maybe I'll put out this song 
    C/E                 F 
And I won't change your name at all 
C                 Dm 
Maybe then you'll call me up 
    C/E                F      C 
And you'll tell me how cool I got 
 
Final: C  F  G   
        C  F  G   
        C  F  G   
        C  F  G  C

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Chord set

C · F · G · A · Dm · Am · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.