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Joe Van Gogh
Dan Bern
Standard tuning 
Chords: ( Em   C   B7  Em,  C   G  B7)
 Em:022000
  C:x32010
 B7:021202
  G:320033
EmJoe Van CGogh is a B7friend of Emmine
He's the Cson of GVincent Van B7Gogh, you know
EmJoe has Cmore friends B7than you Emdo 
And CJoe Van GGogh is a B7painter too
I've shared a room with Joe Van Gogh
And all night long he grinds his teeth
It could be genetic it could be the heat
It's pressure to paint that's my belief
This I'll tell you 'cause this I know
I'm a valuable friend to Joe Van Gogh
I'm the only painter Joe Van Gogh knows 
Who wasn't first friends with Vincent Van Gogh
Joe Van Gogh is a very good painter
Some sunflowers, sure but other stuff too
But how good a painter we'll never know 
'Til he gets away from Vincent Van Gogh
An umbilical cord of red Dayglo
Runs from one to the other though
Through the streets of Amsterdam they go
Joe on the shoulders of Vincent Van Gogh
Joe Van Gogh has a second floor window
With a scene of Amsterdam below
He sits at a canvas with a Marlboro
In his mind Van Gogh, Van Gogh, Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh is good to Joe
He gave his son his ear, you know
But it can't be easy being Joe Van Gogh
Trying to paint when your dad is Vincent Van Gogh
People write songs about Vincent Van Gogh
Like Starry Starry Night and other stuff too
And it don't exactly even the score, I know
But here's one song about Joe Van Gogh

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Joe Van Gogh

by Dan Bern

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Chords in this song · guitar

Joe Van Gogh

Dan Bern

Standard tuning

Em C B7 Em C G B7

Chords: ( , )

:022000

:x32010

:021202

:320033

Em C B7 Em

Joe Van Gogh is a friend of mine

C G B7

He's the son of Vincent Van Gogh, you know

Em C B7 Em

Joe has more friends than you do

C G B7

And Joe Van Gogh is a painter too

I've shared a room with Joe Van Gogh

And all night long he grinds his teeth

It could be genetic it could be the heat

It's pressure to paint that's my belief

This I'll tell you 'cause this I know

I'm a valuable friend to Joe Van Gogh

I'm the only painter Joe Van Gogh knows

Who wasn't first friends with Vincent Van Gogh

Joe Van Gogh is a very good painter

Some sunflowers, sure but other stuff too

But how good a painter we'll never know

'Til he gets away from Vincent Van Gogh

An umbilical cord of red Dayglo

Runs from one to the other though

Through the streets of Amsterdam they go

Joe on the shoulders of Vincent Van Gogh

Joe Van Gogh has a second floor window

With a scene of Amsterdam below

He sits at a canvas with a Marlboro

In his mind Van Gogh, Van Gogh, Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh is good to Joe

He gave his son his ear, you know

But it can't be easy being Joe Van Gogh

Trying to paint when your dad is Vincent Van Gogh

People write songs about Vincent Van Gogh

Like Starry Starry Night and other stuff too

And it don't exactly even the score, I know

But here's one song about Joe Van Gogh

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