[Intro]
[E] [F#] [A] [E] [E]
I just don't
Thumb on low E
[Verse]
[E] [E]
get it. What does she see in him? They're nothing
[F#] [A] [E]
like we were. Damn he's so
[E] [E]
small town. She's such a city girl. I'm abso-
[F#] [A] [F#] [A]
-lutely sure, he's not the one for her. But still
[Prechorus A]
[B] [C#m] [Asus2]
he gets to kiss the queen. While I'm down here on my own
[B] [C#m] [Asus2]
He sits next to her like her king, While I'm in the shadows
[B] [Cm#5] [C#m] [E/G#]
He's bland, he's ordinary, He's such a bore but everybody knows
[F#sus4] [F#] [F#m] [A]
When the curtains close, He'll be kiss-
[Chorus]
-ing his queen, I'll just walk
home alone. He's her new
everything. So that makes me the
Average Joe.
[Verse]
[E]
I thought we were the
[E] [E]
real thing. We were just one wedding ring short, Of a once in a
[F#] [A] [E]
life time love. Well, now that it's
[E] [E]
over I just don't understand, How she thinks they com-
[F#] [A] [F#] [A]
-pare to us. He'll never be good enough. But still
[Prechorus A]
[B] [C#m] [Asus2]
he gets to kiss the queen. While I'm down here on my own
[B] [C#m] [Asus2]
He sits next to her like her king, While I'm in the shadows
[B] [Cm#5] [C#m] [E/G#]
He's bland, he's ordinary, He's such a bore but everybody knows
[F#sus4] [F#] [F#m] [A]
When the curtains close, He'll be kiss-
[Chorus]
-ing his queen, I'll just walk
home alone. He's her new
everything. So that makes me the
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]
[C#m] [G#] [A] [E]
[Bridge]
[C#m] [G#] [A] [E]
Now I'm a punch line, I'm the story that everyone knows.
[A] [E] [F#m] [G#]
Of how even the invisible Can become an Average Joe
[Prechorus A]
No more kissing the queen I'll never sit on the throne
He sits next to her like her king, I'm in the shadows
[E] [C#m] [E/G#]
He's bland, he's ordinary, He's such a bore but everybody knows
[F#sus4] [F#] [F#m] [A]
When the curtains close, He'll be kiss-
[Chorus/Outro]
-ing his queen, I'll just walk
home alone. He's her new
everything. So that makes me the
Average Joe.
[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.
