Joke In There Somewhere chords by Dawes

🎸 Intro:

D   Em   D   Em   (x4)



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

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

🎸 Chorus:
                D                 G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
   D                  G
A joke in there somewhere
   D             Bm   Bbmb6
A joke in there some--where
A               G#mb6              Gm      D
One that I just don't know how to tell to late

🎸 Interlude:
D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em




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

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

🎸 Chorus:
                D                 G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
   D                  G
A joke in there somewhere
   D             Bm   Bbmb6
A joke in there some--where
A           G#mb6   Gm        D
One I'm just not prepared to tell

🎸 Interlude:
D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em

D   Em   D   Em




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

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

🎸 Chorus:
                D                 G
And there's a joke in there somewhere
   D                  G
A joke in there somewhere
   D             Bm   Bbmb6
A joke in there some--where
A             G#mb6  Gm       D   E7
We just gotta find a way to laugh
               Gm             D
We just gotta find a way to laugh