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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Joey</h1>
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  16 <p>Written by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy<br />
  17 Released on <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Desire</a> (1976)<br />
  18 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  20 <pre class="verse">
  21 G  F     C  G   x2
  22
  23 C                 D                C                 G
  24 Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when
  25 C              D           C                 G
  26  Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
  27 C              D       C                         G
  28  Always on the outside  of whatever side there was
  29           Em                      G
  30 When they asked him why it had to be that way,
  31            C         /b      Am
  32 &quot;Well,&quot; he answered, &quot;just because.&quot;
  33
  34 Larry was the oldest, Joey was next to last.
  35 They called Joe &quot;Crazy,&quot; the baby they called &quot;Kid Blast.&quot;
  36 Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too.
  37 It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue.
  38 </pre>
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  40 <pre class="refrain">
  41 G     C  Am
  42 Joey, Joey,
  43 G           Em       C
  44 King of the streets, child of clay.
  45 G     C  Am
  46 Joey, Joey,
  47 G              F                C         Am
  48 What made them want to come and blow you away?
  49
  50 G  F     C  G   x2
  51 </pre>
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  53 <pre class="verse">
  54 There was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that
  55 No one ever knew for sure where they were really at.
  56 When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof.
  57 He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin' he was bulletproof.
  58
  59 The war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets
  60 Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
  61 Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners.
  62 They stashed them away in a basement, called them amateurs.
  63
  64 The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim,
  65 &quot;Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame.&quot;
  66 But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said, &quot;We're not those kind of men.
  67 It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again.&quot;
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  70 <pre class="refrain">
  71 Joey, Joey,
  72 King of the streets, child of clay.
  73 Joey, Joey,
  74 What made them want to come and blow you away?
  75 </pre>
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  77 <pre class="verse">
  78 The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith
  79 They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with.
  80 &quot;What time is it?&quot; said the judge to Joey when they met
  81 &quot;Five to ten,&quot; said Joey. The judge says, &quot;That's exactly what you get.&quot;
  82
  83 He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich
  84 They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike.
  85 His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
  86 What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand.
  87
  88 When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight
  89 But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great.
  90 He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind
  91 To the boss he said, &quot;I have returned and now I want what's mine.&quot;
  92 </pre>
  93
  94 <pre class="refrain">
  95 Joey, Joey,
  96 King of the streets, child of clay.
  97 Joey, Joey,
  98 Why did they have to come and blow you away?
  99 </pre>
 100
 101 <pre class="verse">
 102 It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
 103 &quot;I'm around too many children,&quot; he'd say, &quot;they should never know of one.&quot;
 104 Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe,
 105 Emptied out the register, said, &quot;Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe.&quot;
 106
 107 One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
 108 He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork.
 109 He pushed the table over to protect his family
 110 Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy.
 111 </pre>
 112
 113 <pre class="refrain">
 114 Joey, Joey,
 115 King of the streets, child of clay.
 116 Joey, Joey,
 117 What made them want to come and blow you away?
 118 </pre>
 119
 120 <pre class="verse">
 121 Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep.
 122 I heard his best friend Frankie say, &quot;He ain't dead, he's just asleep.&quot;
 123 Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
 124 I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save.
 125
 126 The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned
 127 They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born.
 128 And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve
 129 I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve.
 130 </pre>
 131
 132 <pre class="refrain">
 133 Joey, Joey,
 134 King of the streets, child of clay.
 135 Joey, Joey,
 136 What made them want to come and blow you away?
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