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