Biography:
Joe Jackson (born 11 August 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK, as David Ian Jackson) is a British musician. Jackson is probably best known for the hit singles Is She Really Going Out With Him? (1979) and Steppin' Out (1982). Although born in Staffordshire, Jackson grew up in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
He started off learning to play the violin but soon switched to piano. From the age of 16 he played in bars, and won a scholarship to study musical composition at London's Royal Academy of Music.
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C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for you my friend why should everything be such a fuss
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to pretend that the living is easy with us
Em Fmaj7
You tell me what to do
Gmaj7 Am
And I tell you where to go
Em Fmaj7
One and one is two
Gmaj7 Am Bb G
But not because you tell me so
C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for you I bet I could do better sleeping at night
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to forget every stupid or meaningless fight
Em Fmaj7
You say go away
Gmaj7 Am
And I say it's fine with me
Em Fmaj7
Then I want to stay
Gmaj7 Am Bb C
Nowhere that I'd rather be
F C/E
You can be anything
Eb Bb/D
A slave or a master
F C
Any joker or any king can be a
C/E G
Sad bastard
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for me I guess, you could be someone better by now
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to confess, but I see we're together somehow
Em F
I don't want to know
Gmaj7 Am
If I got it right or wrong
Em F
Hope you never go
Gmaj7 Am
Hope we're gonna get along
Bb C
F C/E
You can be anyone
Eb Bb/D
A beggar or chooser
F C
Any father or any son can be a
C/E G
Real loser
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
C F Em Am Dm G
C F Em Am Dm G
Em Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am Em Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am Bb C
F C/E
You can be anything
Eb Bb/D
A slave or a master
F C
Any joker or any king can be a
C/E G
Sad bastard
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for you my friend why should everything be such a fuss
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to pretend that the living is easy with us
Em Fmaj7
You tell me what to do
Gmaj7 Am
And I tell you where to go
Em Fmaj7
One and one is two
Gmaj7 Am Bb G
But not because you tell me so
C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for you I bet I could do better sleeping at night
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to forget every stupid or meaningless fight
Em Fmaj7
You say go away
Gmaj7 Am
And I say it's fine with me
Em Fmaj7
Then I want to stay
Gmaj7 Am Bb C
Nowhere that I'd rather be
F C/E
You can be anything
Eb Bb/D
A slave or a master
F C
Any joker or any king can be a
C/E G
Sad bastard
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
C F Em Am Dm G
If it wasn't for me I guess, you could be someone better by now
C F Em Am Dm G
It's so difficult to confess, but I see we're together somehow
Em F
I don't want to know
Gmaj7 Am
If I got it right or wrong
Em F
Hope you never go
Gmaj7 Am
Hope we're gonna get along
Bb C
F C/E
You can be anyone
Eb Bb/D
A beggar or chooser
F C
Any father or any son can be a
C/E G
Real loser
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
C F Em Am Dm G
C F Em Am Dm G
Em Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am Em Fmaj7 Gmaj7 Am Bb C
F C/E
You can be anything
Eb Bb/D
A slave or a master
F C
Any joker or any king can be a
C/E G
Sad bastard
F G Am G F G
And I'd be one too, if it wasn't for you
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