Average Joe

David Ryan Harris

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by AMAN_CLAUDINO
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Average Joe

Key: E
Average Joe Key BB
Average Joe Key CC
Average Joe Key C#C#
Average Joe Key DD(one step down)
Average Joe Key D#D#(half step down)
Average Joe Key EE(original key)
Average Joe Key FF(half step up)
Average Joe Key F#F#(one step up)
Average Joe Key GG
Average Joe Key G#G#
Average Joe Key AA
Average Joe Key A#A#
	  		 


Intro 
                      E              F#      A         E                                E 
e|----------------0---0-----------|--------------------0-----------|----------------0---0-----------| 
B|--------0-----------0-----------|--2-----/-5----0----0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------|--3-----/-6---------1-----------|-----3-----2--------1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------|--4-----/-7---------2-----------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------|--------------------2-----------|--/4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------|--2-------5---------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
                                                                                           I just don't 
                                     *Thumb on low E 
Verse 
                      E                                E 
e|--------------------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
B|--------0-------0---0-----------|---0-------------0--0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------|---3-------2--------1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------|---4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
  get it.              What does she see      in    him?     They're nothing 

    F#               A                                 E 
e|--------------------------------|--------0-----------0-----------| 
B|---------------2---/--------5---|-----------------0--0-----------| 
G|--------3----------/-----6------|-----3-----2--------1-----------| 
D|-----4-------------/--7---------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--------------------------------|--/4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--2----------------5------------|--------------------0-----------| 
    like    we were.                                        Damn he's so 

                      E                                E 
e|----------------0---0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
B|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0--------0--0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------|---3-------2--------1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------|---4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
   small   town.            She's such a city girl.         I'm abso- 

    F#               A               F#               A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|---------------2---/--------5---|---------------2---/--------5---| 
G|--------3----------/-----6------|--------3----------/-----6------| 
D|-----4-------------/--7---------|-----4-------------/--7---------| 
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|--2----------------5------------|--2----------------5------------| 
  -lutely     sure,        he's not the one for her.        But still 

PreChorus A 
    B                                C#m              Asus2 
e|-------------------2--0---------|---------------------------0----| 
B|----------------------------4---|--5-----------5---------------0-| 
G|--4-----------------------------|--6----6--------6-------2-------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|--6--6----------------2---------| 
A|--2-----------------------------|--4----------------0------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
          he gets to kiss the queen.       While I'm down here on my own 

    B                                C#m              Asus2 
e|------------2------2--0---------|---------------------------0----| 
B|----------------------------4---|--5-----------5-----------------| 
G|--4-----------------------------|--6----6--------6-------2-------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|--6--6----------------2---------| 
A|--2-------------2---------------|--4----------------0------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
     He sits next to her like her king,   While I'm in the shadows 

    B              Cm#5              C#m            E/G# 
e|--------------2-----------4-----|---------------------------0----| 
B|--------4--------------4--------|-----------5--------------------| 
G|-----4--------------5-----------|--------6--------------4--------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|-----6--------------2-----------| 
A|--2--------------3--------------|--4-----------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|-----------------4--------------| 
   He's bland, he's ordinary,   He's such a bore but everybody knows 

    F#sus4        F#                 F#m         A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------0-------/4-\2--0--| 
B|--2-------------2---------------|--2-----------2-----------------| 
G|--4------4------3---------------|--2-----------2-------/4-\2--1--| 
D|--4-------------4---------------|--4-----------2-----------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--4-----------0-----------------| 
E|--2-------------2---------------|--2-----------------------------| 
                   When the curtains close,            He'll be kiss- 

Chorus 
e|--------0------0--(0)--/4-\2-0--| 
B|------0-------------------------| 
G|--/3-------2-------1---/4-\2-1--| 
D|------------------(2)-----------|  x 3 
A|--/4-------3-------2------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 
  -ing      his  queen, I'll just walk 
   home     alone.      He's her new 
   everything.          So that makes me the 

e|--------0------0---0------------| 
B|------0------------0------------| 
G|--/3-------2-------1------------| 
D|-------------------2------------| 
A|--/4-------3-------2------------| 
E|-------------------0------------| 
      Average      Joe. 

Verse 
                      E 
e|----------------0---0-----------| 
B|--------0-----------0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------| 
                       I thought we were the 

                      E                                E 
e|--------------------0-----------|-----------------0--0-----------| 
B|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0-----------0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------|---3-------2--------1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------|---4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
   real thing.         We were just one wedding ring short,  Of a once in a 

    F#               A                                 E 
e|--------------------------------|--------0-----------0-----------| 
B|---------------2---/--------5---|-----------------0--0-----------| 
G|--------3----------/-----6------|-----3-----2--------1-----------| 
D|-----4-------------/--7---------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--------------------------------|--/4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--2----------------5------------|--------------------0-----------| 
    life   time    love.                                 Well, now that it's 

                      E                                E 
e|----------------0---0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
B|--------0-----------0-----------|--------0--------0--0-----------| 
G|-----3-----2--------1-----------|------3-------2-----1-----------| 
D|--------------------2-----------|--------------------2-----------| 
A|--/4-------3--------2-----------|---4-------3--------2-----------| 
E|--------------------0-----------|--------------------0-----------| 
   over                  I just don't understand,       How she thinks they com- 

    F#               A               F#               A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|---------------2---/--------5---|---------------2---/--------5---| 
G|--------3----------/-----6------|--------3----------/-----6------| 
D|-----4-------------/--7---------|-----4-------------/--7---------| 
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|--2----------------5------------|--2----------------5------------| 
  -pare  to    us.       He'll never be good enough.        But still 


PreChorus A 
    B                                C#m              Asus2 
e|-------------------2--0---------|---------------------------0----| 
B|----------------------------4---|--5-----------5---------------0-| 
G|--4-----------------------------|--6----6--------6-------2-------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|--6--6----------------2---------| 
A|--2-----------------------------|--4----------------0------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
          he gets to kiss the queen.       While I'm down here on my own 

    B                                C#m              Asus2 
e|------------2------2--0---------|---------------------------0----| 
B|----------------------------4---|--5-----------5-----------------| 
G|--4-----------------------------|--6----6--------6-------2-------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|--6--6----------------2---------| 
A|--2-------------2---------------|--4----------------0------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
     He sits next to her like her king,   While I'm in the shadows 

    B              Cm#5              C#m            E/G# 
e|--------------2-----------4-----|---------------------------0----| 
B|--------4--------------4--------|-----------5--------------------| 
G|-----4--------------5-----------|--------6--------------4--------| 
D|--4-----------------------------|-----6--------------2-----------| 
A|--2--------------3--------------|--4-----------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|-----------------4--------------| 
   He's bland, he's ordinary,   He's such a bore but everybody knows 

    F#sus4        F#                 F#m         A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------0-------/4-\2--0--| 
B|--2-------------2---------------|--2-----------2-----------------| 
G|--4------4------3---------------|--2-----------2-------/4-\2--1--| 
D|--4-------------4---------------|--4-----------2-----------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--4-----------0-----------------| 
E|--2-------------2---------------|--2-----------------------------| 
                   When the curtains close,            He'll be kiss- 

Chorus 
e|--------0------0--(0)--/4-\2-0--| 
B|------0-------------------------| 
G|--/3-------2-------1---/4-\2-1--| 
D|------------------(2)-----------|  x 3 
A|--/4-------3-------2------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 
  -ing      his  queen, I'll just walk 
   home     alone.      He's her new 
   everything.          So that makes me the 

e|--------0------0---0------------| 
B|------0------------0------------| 
G|--/3-------2-------1------------| 
D|-------------------2------------| 
A|--/4-------3-------2------------| 
E|-------------------0------------| 
      Average      Joe. 

Interlude 
*Here I've written out the cello melody for guitar lead with the backing chords on top 
    C#m             G#               A              E 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--2----2-h-4-/-6----------------|--2------2-------2------2-------| 
A|------------------6------6------|--------------4-----------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

    C#m             G#               A              E 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--2----2-h-4-/-6-------2--(1)/2-|--2------/7-------6-------------| 
A|------------------6------4------|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 

Bridge 
            C#m           G#                 A             E 
e|------------------------4-------|----------5-------------0-------| 
B|----------5-------------4-------|----------5-------------0-------| 
G|----------6-------------5-------|----------6-------------1-------| 
D|----------6-------------6-------|----------7-------------2-------| 
A|----------4-------------6-------|----------7-------------2-------| 
E|------------------------4-------|----------5-------------0-------| 
         Now I'm a punch line,    I'm the story that everyone knows. 

            A             E                  F#m           G# 
e|----------5-------------0-------|----------2-------------4-------| 
B|----------5-------------0-------|----------2-------------4-------| 
G|----------6-------------1-------|----------2-------------5-------| 
D|----------7-------------2-------|----------4-------------6-------| 
A|----------7-------------2-------|----------4-------------6-------| 
E|----------5-------------0-------|----------2-------------4-------| 
    Of how even the invisible       Can become an Average Joe 

PreChorus A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
          No more kissing the queen   I'll never sit on the throne 

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
     He sits next to her like her king,         I'm in the shadows 

    E                                C#m            E/G# 
e|--0-----------------------------|-----------------0--------------| 
B|--0-----------------------------|--5--------------0--------------| 
G|--1-----------------------------|--6--------------1--------------| 
D|--2-----------------------------|--6--------------2--------------| 
A|--2-----------------------------|--4--------------2--------------| 
E|--0-----------------------------|-----------------0--------------| 
   He's bland, he's ordinary,   He's such a bore but everybody knows 

    F#sus4        F#                 F#m         A 
e|--------------------------------|--------------0-------/4-\2--0--| 
B|--------2----------2------------|--2-----------2-----------------| 
G|-----------4-------3------------|--2-----------2-------/4-\2--1--| 
D|-----4-------------4------------|--4-----------2-----------------| 
A|--------------------------------|--4-----------0-----------------| 
E|--2-------------2---------------|--2-----------------------------| 
                   When the curtains close,            He'll be kiss- 

Chorus/Outro 
e|--------0------0--(0)--/4-\2-0--| 
B|------0-------------------------| 
G|--/3-------2-------1---/4-\2-1--| 
D|------------------(2)-----------|  x 3 
A|--/4-------3-------2------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 
  -ing      his  queen, I'll just walk 
   home     alone.      He's her new 
   everything.          So that makes me the 

e|--------0------0---0------0-----| 
B|------0------------0---0--------| 
G|--/3-------6-------1------------| 
D|-------------------2------------| 
A|--/4-------7-------2------------| 
E|-------------------0------------| 
      Average      Joe. 



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