{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":646984,"song":"Joey","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/646984-joey-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/646984?type=chord","rating":4.72762,"votes":74,"content":"Bob Dylan - Joey\r\nFrom Desire (1976)\r\nNo Capo\r\nEdited by Jimi Foxx 9/2019\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBorn in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of a-who knows when[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlways on the outside of whatever side there was[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they asked him why it had to be that way,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Well,\" he answered, \"just because.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLarry was the oldest, Joey was next to last.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey called Joe \"Crazy,\" the baby they called \"Kid Blast.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt always seemed they got caught between[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe mob and the men in blue.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing of the streets, child of clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat made them want to come and blow you away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one ever knew for sure where they were really at.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe went out that night to seek revenge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthinkin' he was bulletproof.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey stashed them away in a basement[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ncalled them amateurs.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said, \"We're not those kind of men.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's peace and quiet that we need[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto go back to work again.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing of the streets, child of clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat made them want to come and blow you away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What time is it?\" said the judge to Joey when they met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Five to ten,\" said Joey. The judge says,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"That's exactly what you get.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat it's like to be in society[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith a shackle on your hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe tried to find the way back into the life he left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the boss he said, \"I have returned[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand now I want what's mine.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing of the streets, child of clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat made them want to come and blow you away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I'm around too many children,\" he'd say, \"they should never know of one.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEmptied out the register, said,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe pushed the table over to protect his family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he staggered out into the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nof Little Italy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing of the streets, child of clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat made them want to come and blow you away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard his best friend Frankie say, \"He ain't dead, he's just asleep.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess he had to say one last goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto the son that he could not save.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know the men that shot him down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthey'll get what they deserve.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing of the streets, child of clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJoey, Jooooooey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat made them want to come and blow you away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Bob Dylan - Joey\nFrom Desire (1976)\nNo Capo\nEdited by Jimi Foxx 9/2019\n\n\n[Intro]\nG F C G x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG F C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG F C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG F C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nG F C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG F C G","chords":["G","F","C","D","Em","C/B","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}