St. Joe Keeps Us Safe

	  		
G 
I got sick of the silence, 
      Bm 
I got tired of the dark, 
       C                        D                  Em 
I was sleeping in late, I was wasting away, I was dying in small parts. 
     G                          Bm 
So I lit up a smoke and, Took a walk through the park. 
    C                           D                           Em  
The dead leaves scrape concrete making it sound like you're next to me, arm in arm. 
      D 
I was putting holes in the drywall. 
       Em        D              C 
I was hoping you'd save me from me. 
          G 
I'm gonna go see my mother. 
         Bm 
Take the LIRR. 
         C                             D                      Em 
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets towards Astoria, Queens out to West Babylon. 
  G 
I walked up the driveway. 
       Bm 
Saw my Daddy's old car. 
     C                           D                    Em 
He's been gone for months but we covered it up and it sits in the yard. 
     D       Bm        C    
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one 
    G       F       Em      
but I think I might need you. 
                A                         C          Cm       
I think I might need you. I think I might need you. 
   G 
We sat in the kitchen. 
              Bm 
My mother's a soldier of god, 
       C                       D                       Em 
and so paintings of Jesus, and statues of saints still adorn all the halls, 
          G 
But we'll never go hungry, 
              Bm 
thanks to the infant of Prague, 
        C                          D                    Em 
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we buried him deep in a hole in the backyard. 
  D 
I know things ain't been good since dad died. 
  Em             D             C 
I know you don't need this from me. 
    G 
But mama, I'm breaking. 
            Bm 
There's no light in the dark. 
C                                 D                       Em 
Dianne left this week. She said, "Son, look at me. I know we ain't been this low before 
    G 
and I'm sorry Aaron. 
            Bm 
I know this year has been hard. 
          C                     D                          Em 
If you're hurt then I'm hurt. I won't make it worse. I'm always in your corner." 
     D       Bm        C    
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one 
    G       F       Em      
but I think I might need you. 
                A                         C          Cm       
I think I might need you. I think I might need you. 
Am          Bm 
Something's wrong. 
       G        C       Em 
I been waiting here too long. 
     Am                         Bm               G             C   
She said, "I knew something was wrong. You ain't called here in too 
 Em 
long. 
                 F                     C#                    G  
Take the car and run. Take the car and run. Take the car and run."