Biography:
Joe Pug (born Joe Pugliese on 20 April 1984) is an American singer-songwriter from Chicago. He has released two EPs, Nation of Heat and In the Meantime (the latter of which has been made available for free on his website) as well as the albums Messenger, The Great Despiser, Windfall and The Flood In Color.
He has toured extensively since 2008 and has opened for alt-country pioneer Steve Earle, singer-songwriter Josh Ritter and folk rocker M. Ward among others.
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Capo 2
Intro: D/G (D chord: hammer on/off with index finger)
D
Beneath the trees of the Casbah
G D
Beneath the roots of those trees
Em D
On the casket floor
Em D
On the casket floor
G D
Bottom of me, it feels so complete
Repeat Intro
D
Around my childhood museums
G G
There stand Chinese guards
Em D
One of them has a bell
Em D
One of them has a bell
G D
Who rings when I come too close or leave too far
D G D
You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Repeat Intro
D
Now there's splinters in my fingers
G D
And there's portland cement in my lungs
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough and
G D
All of my friends speak in foreign tongues
Repeat Intro
D
There's an ugliness growing up inside me
G D
From where it has come I don't know
Em D
I left my sweetness beside
Em D
My sweetness beside
G D
That girl I goodbyed long ago
D G D
They might find my body at the bottom of the pile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Repeat Intro
D
Such plans they have, such God's they have
G D
Deep in this nation of heat
Em D
We've been outdone again
Em D
We've been outdone again and
G D
All of my friends they walk on their feet
D G D
And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
D G D
I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while
Em G
'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's
Em G D
Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Intro: D/G (D chord: hammer on/off with index finger)
D
Beneath the trees of the Casbah
G D
Beneath the roots of those trees
Em D
On the casket floor
Em D
On the casket floor
G D
Bottom of me, it feels so complete
Repeat Intro
D
Around my childhood museums
G G
There stand Chinese guards
Em D
One of them has a bell
Em D
One of them has a bell
G D
Who rings when I come too close or leave too far
D G D
You might say that it's reckless, you might say that it's wild
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Repeat Intro
D
Now there's splinters in my fingers
G D
And there's portland cement in my lungs
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough
Em D
I got a hammer and a cough and
G D
All of my friends speak in foreign tongues
Repeat Intro
D
There's an ugliness growing up inside me
G D
From where it has come I don't know
Em D
I left my sweetness beside
Em D
My sweetness beside
G D
That girl I goodbyed long ago
D G D
They might find my body at the bottom of the pile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
Repeat Intro
D
Such plans they have, such God's they have
G D
Deep in this nation of heat
Em D
We've been outdone again
Em D
We've been outdone again and
G D
All of my friends they walk on their feet
D G D
And a congress of jackals will put a tax on my smile
Em G D
But I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
D G D
I might move to Las Vegas, live there for a while
Em G
'Cause I'd rather be nobody's, nobody's, nobody's
Em G D
Yes I'd rather be nobody's man than somebody's child
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