Standing In For Joe chords by XTC

STANDING IN FOR JOE.  From the album. Wasp Star.  Xtc's last album :(




      (One strum)
       G13  =  353453
I'm standing
          A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4
Standing in for Joe
A          D       F#m
Joe called round to ask me would I do a favour
G     D    A      Asus4  A  Asus4
While he's gonna be out of town
A          D      F#m
Says his girl needs company, she gets so restless
G    D    A        Asus4  A  Asus4
Would I keep her safe and sound.
D       E          F#m        F
Softly softly in the night,  well you can guess the rest
A          D        G    D   A  Asus4
Now these shoes fit all too well,  standing in for Joe
G    D   A  Asus4      G             A
Standing in for Joe,      I'm standin------g  in for Joe

A          D            F#m      G
Joe said we've been friends so long,  that I would be the one
  D      A       Asus4  A  Asus4
He would trust with his life
A          D         F#m
Now those words run round my brain as darkness falls
  G   D    A       Asus4  A Asus4
As I turn out his bedroom light
D          E       F#m     F
Who could resist her tender charms so the story goes
A          D        G    D   A   Asus4
This actor he plays all the parts, Standing in for Joe
G    D   A  Asus4         G            F#m
Standing in for Joe.       Oh, I'm standin------g in for (Joe)


Middle 8

F#m      E      F#m       F      A
Love is like a river, you cannot stop its flow

A          D       F#m
Joe called round to ask me would I do a favour
G     D    A      Asus4  A  Asus4
While he's gonna be out of town
A          D      F#m
Says his girl needs company, she gets so restless
G    D        A       Asus4  A  Asus4
Would I check that she?s safe and sound

D       E         F#m        F
Softly softly in the night, well you can guess the rest
A          D       G    D   A  Asus4
Now these shoes fit all too well, standing in for Joe
  G    D   A  Asus4
I'm standing in for Joe
       G    D   A  Asus4
Oh yeah, I?m standing in for Joe.

          G      D    A  Asus4
Keep his sweetheart company yeah,
          (standing  in for Joe)

           G     D     A  Asus4
Just standing in for Joe yeah.
          (standing in for Joe)

          G     D    A  Asus4
Until he gets back home yeah.
          (standing in for Joe)

        G       D    A  Asus4
Gonna keep her entertained yeah.
        (standing    in for Joe)

            G      D    A  Asus4
Gonna keep her safe and sound yeah.
            (standing  in for Joe)

          G      D   A  Asus4
Keep his sweetheart company yeah,
          (standing  in for Joe
)
              G      D   A  Asus4
On those cool dark winters nights yeah.
             (standing  in for Joe)

         G      D   A  Asus4
Because she gets so wrestles.
        (standing  in for Joe)

    G      D    A  Asus4
Always so wrestles.
   (standing  in for Joe)

          G      D   A  Asus4
Keep his sweetheart company yeah,
          (standing   in for Joe)

         G     D   A  Asus4
keep her safe and sound yeah.
         (standing  in for Joe)