---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Safety Joe - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Fair & Square Year: 2005 Intro: F F G F F F F G F

^FWell, he never got too lonely ^FAnd he never got too sad ^GBut he never got too happy ^FAnd that's what's just too ^Fbad ^FHe never reached much further ^FThan his lonely arms would go ^GHe wore a seatbelt around his heart And they called him Safety ^FJoe

Chorus:

^FSafety Joe Safety ^FJoe ^FWhat do you say? What do you ^Gknow? If you don't ^Floosen up the buckle On your heart ^Fheart and start to chuckle You're ^Ggonna die of boredom Safety ^FJoe

^FNow Joe he lived in Baltimore ^F'Cause New York was too darn fast ^GHe sometimes went down to Washington Just to ^Fview our nation's ^Fpast ^FHe never ate his vegetables ^FCause they were just too darn chewy ^GAnd he never climbed much higher Than the arch in old St. ^FLouis

(Repeat Chorus 2x)

^FJoe gradually grew meaner ^FBy not changin' his demeanor ^GBut he never did nothin' Too much for too ^Flong ^FTherefore his life never got much richer ^FThan the day they took that picture ^GIn his birthday suit on the day that he was ^Fborn.

(Repeat Chorus)

You're ^Ggonna die of boredom Safety ^FJoe

That's golden

John Prine - Safety joe