Joke In There Somewhere chords by Dawes

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm  (x4)


🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD       E minorEm       D MajorD     E minorEm
Each morning my beloved asks me to open up my eyes
   D MajorD      E minorEm       D MajorD
See what kind of attention I can pay

🎸 Refrain:
     FF                    Bb majorBb
I see a corporate coffeehouse putting up their Christmas decorations
  FF              Bb majorBb
Commuter cars all waiting at a light
FF               Bb majorBb
The line outside the Roxy full of hopeful conversation
   FF               Bb majorBb
Some local band is playing there tonight
  FF                  Bb majorBb
A augmentedA couple is walks their dog discussing what to eat for dinner
  FF             Bb majorBb
A augmentedA runaway is being read his rights
  FF                 Bb majorBb
A augmentedA hotel hosts a conference called "Investment for Beginners"
   FF                G+G
Some high school coach breaking up a fight

🎸 Chorus:
        D MajorD         G+G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD       B minorBm  Bbmb6
A augmentedA joke in there some--where
A augmentedA        G#mb6G#mb6       G minorGm   D MajorD
One that I just don't know how to tell to late

🎸 Interlude:
D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD      E minorEm         D MajorD       E minorEm
This afternoon my doctor asked me to sit down in a chair
    D MajorD        E minorEm         D MajorD
And he asks me then to walk him through my day

🎸 Refrain:
       FF               Bb majorBb
And I heard radios bring ball games to an ancient glacial traffic
  FF               Bb majorBb
A augmentedA starving dog was whimpering in pain
    FF                     Bb majorBb
That sound check through the alley sounded like something close to magic
    FF                  Bb majorBb
For a traveling dad who's bound to miss his plane
  FF               Bb majorBb
A augmentedA boomer on a cellphone talking through party provisions
  FF               Bb majorBb
Beneath that giant bullseye neon sign
          FF                Bb majorBb
Makes me think of dixie cups and pizza crusts and giant televisions
   FF           G+G
The allegory of the conga line

🎸 Chorus:
        D MajorD         G+G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD       B minorBm  Bbmb6
A augmentedA joke in there some--where
A augmentedA      G#mb6G#mb6  G minorGm    D MajorD
One I'm just not prepared to tell

🎸 Interlude:
D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm

D MajorD  E minorEm  D MajorD  E minorEm



🎸 Verse :
   D MajorD       E minorEm         D MajorD       E minorEm
Now as the sun is setting
I meet my brother for a drink
D MajorD       E minorEm        D MajorD
And he asks if I got something on my mind

🎸 Refrain:
   FF                 Bb majorBb
So I tell him about this move and how I didn't get the ending
   FF              Bb majorBb
Why do they let the creature get away
     FF             Bb majorBb
And he reminds me that all it is is costumes and pretending
      FF                    Bb majorBb
But there must be something else they're trying to say
       FF                 Bb majorBb
About these buildings and this asphalt and the natural habitations
   FF               Bb majorBb
The pigeons, cats and rats and parasites
   FF                Bb majorBb
This wild and dancing city conducting perfect orchestrations
   FF               Bb majorBb
The way a stranger wishes us good night
       FF                 Bb majorBb
And he says every time we've sat here getting nervous for the future
    FF            Bb majorBb
We've ended up some version of okay
    FF
These songs that we are singing
        Bb majorBb
They shouldn't give in to the rumours
       FF                   G+G
They should give some kind of strength to meet the day

🎸 Chorus:
        D MajorD         G+G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD         G+G
A augmentedA joke in there somewhere
  D MajorD       B minorBm  Bbmb6
A augmentedA joke in there some--where
A augmentedA       G#mb6G#mb6 G minorGm    D MajorD  E7E7
We just gotta find a way to laugh
        G minorGm       D MajorD
We just gotta find a way to laugh