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My Friend Joe

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[Intro]
|         D|        D|        G|         G|
|    D  Dsus2|    D    D7|        G|  G   D7     G|
[Verse 1]
GHey pretty baby tell me,  Cwhat have you done last night,
  Amwhere have you been I’d like to Gknow.
  GSomebody told me,  Cthey saw you out last night,
  Amdrinking your beers with my friend GJoe.
[Chorus]
DThere’s no D7use in Glying,
  Dwhen you’ve got D7nothing to Ghide.
DThere’s no D7use in deGnying.
  CI’ve waited all night long,
  AmI tried to call you on the Dphone.
[Interlude]
D     D  Dsus2  D  D7
[Verse 2]
GHey pretty baby tell me,  Cwho takes you home tonight,
  Amwill it be me or my friend GJoe.
  GI’d like to tell you,  Cbefore you say goodbye,
  Amsomething I just want you to Gknow.
[Chorus]
DThere’s no D7reason for Gcrying,
 D‘cause you’ve got D7nothing to Glose.
  DYou only D7make me feel like Gdying.
  CI’m staying all alone,
  Amjust losing you and my friend DJoe.
[Interlude]
D     D  Dsus2  D  D7
[Solo]
    G      G      C      C      Am      Am      G      Gx2
[Chorus]
DThere’s no D7use in Glying,
  Dwhen you’ve got D7nothing to Ghide.
DThere’s no D7use in deGnying.
  CI’ve waited all night long,
  AmI tried to call you on the Dphone.
[Outro]
D     D  Dsus2  D  D7  G     G     D  Dsus2  D  D7  G     G D7 G

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My Friend Joe

by The Cats

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Chords in this song · guitar

Dsus2

[Intro]

D D G G

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D Dsus2 D D7 G G D7 G

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[Verse 1]

G C

Hey pretty baby tell me, what have you done last night,

Am G

where have you been I’d like to know.

G C

Somebody told me, they saw you out last night,

Am G

drinking your beers with my friend Joe.

[Chorus]

D D7 G

There’s no use in lying,

D D7 G

when you’ve got nothing to hide.

D D7 G

There’s no use in denying.

I’ve waited all night long,

Am D

I tried to call you on the phone.

[Interlude]

D D Dsus2 D D7

[Verse 2]

G C

Hey pretty baby tell me, who takes you home tonight,

Am G

will it be me or my friend Joe.

G C

I’d like to tell you, before you say goodbye,

Am G

something I just want you to know.

[Chorus]

D D7 G

There’s no reason for crying,

D D7 G

‘cause you’ve got nothing to lose.

D D7 G

You only make me feel like dying.

I’m staying all alone,

Am D

just losing you and my friend Joe.

[Interlude]

D D Dsus2 D D7

[Solo]

G G C C Am Am G G

[Chorus]

D D7 G

There’s no use in lying,

D D7 G

when you’ve got nothing to hide.

D D7 G

There’s no use in denying.

I’ve waited all night long,

Am D

I tried to call you on the phone.

[Outro]

D D Dsus2 D D7 G G D Dsus2 D D7 G G D7 G

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