My Name Joe - Kaplansky Lucy, ukulele chords

Published: 2014-10-02 20:35
Selection chords: Henry Walker

E
Joe threw another tantrum
   A
He could not to be understood
   D              A
He cries like baby Samson
    E
His English is not good

Joeʼs boss of the kitchen
           A
But on the outside he knows
D               A
Low man on  the totemʼs
        E
Wearing giveaway clothes

Joe he  fights the good fight
   A
He wears a white uniform
    D              A
The waiters are all artists
    E
Out chasing unicorns

Joe works fourteen hours
      A
After ten he starts to booze
        D         A
He gets very sentimental
      E
Oh he sings the buddah blues
D A               E
He sings the buddah blues
        A           D
My name Joe  my name Joe
      A           D  A    D  A
There is a king in Thailand
D     E         D  A      D  A
And he plays the jazz drum
A                D      A D  A
He has a fine and healthy son
D E      D      A
Oh no Iʼm not the one
D A   E
My name Joe
E
On the wall by the time clock
      A
Joeʼs beaming from a photograph
        D       A
Someone drew across his face
    E
The waiters began to laugh

Joe picked up a hatchet
       A
And he tenderized the wall
    D          A
And when he got through
                  E
Time clock wasnʼt punching anymore

The waiters ran for cover
          A
The maitre dʼ began to lisp
    D               A
The drunkard in the corner
         E
Said his lettuce was not crisp

Owner called immigration
             A
Said thereʼs someone you should know
         D     A
Heʼs an illegal alien
      E
And I think his name is Joe
D   A                E
Oh I know his name is Joe
        A           D
My name Joe  my name Joe
      A           D  A    D  A
There is a king in Thailand
D     E         D  A      D  A
And he plays the jazz drum
A                D      A D  A
He has a fine and healthy son
D E      D      A
Oh no Iʼm not the one
D A   E
My name Joe
E
Came the man from immigration
          A
Said Iʼve got a job to do
     D                  A
Easy questions easy answers
     E
Just point  me to the kitchen crew

He asked Leroy from Harlem
         A
He asked Cisco from Mexico
              D               A
He asked the white trash from Tennessee
        E
Thet all said my name Joe

My name Joe  my name Joe
E
The maitre dʼ he sputtered
            A
The kitchen crew they roared
     D               A
And while they were arguing
    E
Joe slipped out the back door

On the beach Joe tries to listen
        A
To the heartbeat of a whale
D                   A
How it echoes his own heartbeat
        E
And the distance he has sailed
D      A              E
Oh the distance he has sailed
        A           D
My name Joe  my name Joe
      A           D  A    D  A
There is a king in Thailand
D     E         D  A      D  A
And he plays the jazz drum
A                D      A D  A
He has a fine and healthy son
D E      D      A
Oh no Iʼm not the one
D A   E
My name Joe