St Joe Keeps Us Safe

G
I got sick of the silence,
      Bm
I got tired of the dark,
       C                        D                  Em
I was sleeping in late, I was wasting away, I was dying in small parts.
     G                          Bm
So I lit up a smoke and, Took a walk through the park.
    C                           D                           Em 
The dead leaves scrape concrete making it sound like you're next to me, arm in arm.
      D
I was putting holes in the drywall.
       Em        D              C
I was hoping you'd save me from me.
          G
I'm gonna go see my mother.
         Bm
Take the LIRR.
         C                             D                      Em
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets towards Astoria, Queens out to West Babylon.
  G
I walked up the driveway.
       Bm
Saw my Daddy's old car.
     C                           D                    Em
He's been gone for months but we covered it up and it sits in the yard.

[Chorus]
     D       Bm        C   
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
    G       F       Em     
but I think I might need you.
                A                         C          Cm      
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
   G
We sat in the kitchen.
              Bm
My mother's a soldier of god,
       C                       D                       Em
and so paintings of Jesus, and statues of saints still adorn all the halls,
          G
But we'll never go hungry,
              Bm
thanks to the infant of Prague,
        C                          D                    Em
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we buried him deep in a hole in the backyard.
  D
I know things ain't been good since dad died.
  Em             D             C
I know you don't need this from me.
    G
But mama, I'm breaking.
            Bm
There's no light in the dark.
C                                 D                       Em
Dianne left this week. She said, "Son, look at me. I know we ain't been this low 
before

    G
and I'm sorry Aaron.
            Bm
I know this year has been hard.
          C                     D                          Em
If you're hurt then I'm hurt. I won't make it worse. I'm always in your corner."

[Chorus]
     D       Bm        C   
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
    G       F       Em     
but I think I might need you.
                A                         C          Cm      
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
Am          Cm
Something's wrong.
       G        F       Em
I been waiting here too long.
     Am                         Cm               G             F  
She said, "I knew something was wrong. You ain't called here in too
 Em
long.
                 Am                    Cm                    G 
Take the car and run. Take the car and run. Take the car and run."