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Average Joe Tabs

(ver. 1)
David Ryan Harris

[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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