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