F# Joe threw another tantrum B He could not to be understood E B He cries like baby Samson F# His English is not good Joeʼs boss of the kitchen B But on the outside he knows E B Low man on the totemʼs F# Wearing giveaway clothes Joe he fights the good fight B He wears a white uniform E B The waiters are all artists F# Out chasing unicorns Joe works fourteen hours B After ten he starts to booze E B He gets very sentimental F# Oh he sings the buddah blues E B F# He sings the buddah blues B E My name Joe my name Joe B E B E B There is a king in Thailand E F# E B E B And he plays the jazz drum B E B E B He has a fine and healthy son E F# E B Oh no Iʼm not the one E B F# My name Joe F# On the wall by the time clock B Joeʼs beaming from a photograph E B Someone drew across his face F# The waiters began to laugh Joe picked up a hatchet B And he tenderized the wall E B And when he got through F# Time clock wasnʼt punching anymore The waiters ran for cover B The maitre dʼ began to lisp E B The drunkard in the corner F# Said his lettuce was not crisp Owner called immigration B Said thereʼs someone you should know E B Heʼs an illegal alien F# And I think his name is Joe E B F# Oh I know his name is Joe B E My name Joe my name Joe B E B E B There is a king in Thailand E F# E B E B And he plays the jazz drum B E B E B He has a fine and healthy son E F# E B Oh no Iʼm not the one E B F# My name Joe F# Came the man from immigration B Said Iʼve got a job to do E B Easy questions easy answers F# Just point me to the kitchen crew He asked Leroy from Harlem B He asked Cisco from Mexico E B He asked the white trash from Tennessee F# Thet all said my name Joe My name Joe my name Joe F# The maitre dʼ he sputtered B The kitchen crew they roared E B And while they were arguing F# Joe slipped out the back door On the beach Joe tries to listen B To the heartbeat of a whale E B How it echoes his own heartbeat F# And the distance he has sailed E B F# Oh the distance he has sailed B E My name Joe my name Joe B E B E B There is a king in Thailand E F# E B E B And he plays the jazz drum B E B E B He has a fine and healthy son E F# E B Oh no Iʼm not the one E B F# My name Joe
