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From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L)
Subject: CRD:   My Name  Joe       Lucy Kaplansky    Chords/Lyrics
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:27:04 GMT

Lucy Kaplanski   My Name Joe   written by  David Massengill

FJoe (133211@1)threw another tantrum
   BbHe (x1333x@1)could not to be understood
   Eb (x43121@3)            BbHe (x1333x@1)cries like baby Samson
    FHis (133211@1)English is not good

Joe's boss of the kitchen
           BbBut (x1333x@1)on the outside he knows
Eb (x43121@3)             BbLow (x1333x@1)man on  the totem's
        FWearing (133211@1)giveaway clothes

Joe he  fights the good fight
   BbHe (x1333x@1)wears a white uniform
    Eb (x43121@3)            BbThe (x1333x@1)waiters are all artists
    FOut (133211@1)chasing unicorns

Joe works fourteen hours
      BbAfter (x1333x@1)ten he starts to booze
        Eb (x43121@3)       BbHe (x1333x@1)gets very sentimental
      FOh (133211@1)he sings the buddah blues
EbBb               FHe (133211@1)sings the buddah blues
        Bb (x1333x@1)         EbMy (x43121@3)name Joe  my name Joe
      Bb (x1333x@1)         Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)  Eb (x43121@3)BbThere (x1333x@1)is a king in Thailand
Eb (x43121@3)   F (133211@1)       Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)    Eb (x43121@3)BbAnd (x1333x@1)he plays the jazz drum
Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3)    BbEb  BbHe (x1333x@1)has a fine and healthy son
EbF      Eb (x43121@3)    BbOh (x1333x@1)no I'm not the one
EbBb   FMy (133211@1)name Joe
FOn (133211@1)the wall by the time clock
      BbJoe's (x1333x@1)beaming from a photograph
        Eb (x43121@3)     BbSomeone (x1333x@1)drew across his face
    FThe (133211@1)waiters began to laugh

Joe picked up a hatchet
       BbAnd (x1333x@1)he tenderized the wall
    Eb (x43121@3)        BbAnd (x1333x@1)when he got through
                  FTime (133211@1)clock wasn't punching anymore

The waiters ran for cover
          BbThe (x1333x@1)maitre d' began to lisp
    Eb (x43121@3)             BbThe (x1333x@1)drunkard in the corner
         FSaid (133211@1)his lettuce was not crisp

Owner called immigration
             BbSaid (x1333x@1)there's someone you should know
         Eb (x43121@3)   BbHe's (x1333x@1)an illegal alien
      FAnd (133211@1)I think his name is Joe
Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)              FOh (133211@1)I know his name is Joe
        Bb (x1333x@1)         EbMy (x43121@3)name Joe  my name Joe
      Bb (x1333x@1)         Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)  Eb (x43121@3)BbThere (x1333x@1)is a king in Thailand
Eb (x43121@3)   F (133211@1)       Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)    Eb (x43121@3)BbAnd (x1333x@1)he plays the jazz drum
Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3)    BbEb  BbHe (x1333x@1)has a fine and healthy son
EbF      Eb (x43121@3)    BbOh (x1333x@1)no I'm not the one
EbBb   FMy (133211@1)name Joe
FCame (133211@1)the man from immigration
          Bb
Said I've got a job to do
     Eb (x43121@3)                BbEasy (x1333x@1)questions easy answers
     FJust (133211@1)point  me to the kitchen crew

He asked Leroy from Harlem
         BbHe (x1333x@1)asked Cisco from Mexico
              Eb (x43121@3)             BbHe (x1333x@1)asked the white trash from Tennessee
        FThet (133211@1)all said my name Joe

My name Joe  my name Joe
FThe (133211@1)maitre d' he sputtered
            BbThe (x1333x@1)kitchen crew they roared
     Eb (x43121@3)             BbAnd (x1333x@1)while they were arguing
    FJoe (133211@1)slipped out the back door

On the beach Joe tries to listen
        BbTo (x1333x@1)the heartbeat of a whale
Eb (x43121@3)                 BbHow (x1333x@1)it echoes his own heartbeat
        FAnd (133211@1)the distance he has sailed
Eb (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)            FOh (133211@1)the distance he has sailed
        Bb (x1333x@1)         EbMy (x43121@3)name Joe  my name Joe
      Bb (x1333x@1)         Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)  Eb (x43121@3)BbThere (x1333x@1)is a king in Thailand
Eb (x43121@3)   F (133211@1)       Eb (x43121@3)Bb (x1333x@1)    Eb (x43121@3)BbAnd (x1333x@1)he plays the jazz drum
Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3)    BbEb  BbHe (x1333x@1)has a fine and healthy son
EbF      Eb (x43121@3)    BbOh (x1333x@1)no I'm not the one
EbBb   FMy (133211@1)name Joe


>From Lucy Kaplansky The Tide CD
Red House Records 1994
AGF Music/David Massengill Music ASCAP  1992