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Joe

Pj Harvey
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 The chords are: , , ,  and
 I'm not sure of the form of the song, listen to it, all the bits are here.
 The rhythm (main riff - tricky!) goes something like this:
 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
 So the song goes (The lyrics are from Jason's PJH homepage, blame someone else
 for their inaccuracies, blame me for the guitar ones!):
 Intro. (riff above)
 With riff above)
Joe  ain't you my buddy be
stay  with me when i fall and die
always  thought you'd come rushing in
clear  the shit out of my eye
 Of sorts)
 again)
 Joe ain't you my buddy be
 lay my enemies out in lines
 come in close now i'll wash your feet
 with my hair i'll mop them dry
 of sorts, again; but with: (I'm not positive about the timing on the
 parts with the lyrics, but them's the chords. Scratch the muted strungs
 between the Second D and the A-C-A parts.)
with my  hair i'll mop them dry
something  over there i  do not like
 The Middle Eight:
e|--------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------------||
d|-----------------------7--------5-----||
a|--O--O--O--3^-- 3 > 5-----5--3-----3--||
E|--------------------------------------||
 (Key: ^ means slight bend, > means slide up to)
 More verse:
 joe will you be my buddy please
 in this hell and day long time
 when i'm trusting my hated tree
 coming down with your silver knife
 More chorus:
 coming down with your silver knife
 something over there i do not like
 Ending bit: (These are chords, the O meaning open strings, play the A as a
 power chord, the C is a single note vibratoed like mad)
 A - A - O - A - A - O - A - A - O - C^
 To lots of noise to FIN

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Readable chord sheet for Joe by Pj Harvey

The chords are: [A], [C], [G], and [D]

I'm not sure  of the form of the song, listen to it, all the bits are here.

The rhythm (main riff - tricky!) goes something like this:

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
[A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [C] [C] [C] [C] [C] [C]

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 -
[A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [A]     [G] [G] [G] [G] [G] [G]

So the song goes (The lyrics are from Jason's PJH homepage, blame someone else
for their inaccuracies, blame me for the guitar ones!):

Intro. (riff above)

With riff above)
[A]Joe ain't you my buddy be [C]

[A]stay with me when i fall and [G]die

[A]always thought you'd come rushing [C]in

[A]clear the shit out of my [G]eye

Of sorts)

[D]   [A]   [D]  [C]

again)

Joe ain't you my buddy be
lay my enemies out in lines
come in close now i'll wash your feet
with my hair i'll mop them dry

of sorts, again; but with: (I'm not positive about the timing on the
parts with the lyrics, but them's the chords.  Scratch the muted strungs
between the Second D and the A-C-A parts.)

[D]    [A]     [C]with [D]my hair i'll mop [A]them[C]    [A]dry

[D]    [A]     [C]somet[D]hing over there i[A] do [C]not [A]like

The Middle Eight:

e|--------------------------------------||
b|--------------------------------------||
g|--------------------------------------||
d|-----------------------7--------5-----||
a|--O--O--O--3^-- 3 > 5-----5--3-----3--||
E|--------------------------------------||

(Key:  ^ means slight bend,  > means slide up to)

More verse:

joe will you be my buddy please
in this hell and day long time
when i'm trusting my hated tree
coming down with your silver knife

More chorus:

coming down with your silver knife
something over there i do not like

Ending bit: (These are chords, the O meaning open strings, play the A as a
power chord, the C is a single note vibratoed like mad)

A - A - O - A - A - O - A - A - O - C^

To lots of noise to FIN

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