Happy Loving Couples tab - jackson joe

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Subject: CRD: Happy Loving Couples (Joe Jackson)

{title: Happy Loving Couples}
{subtitle: Joe Jackson}
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[G][Dm7][G][Dm7][G][Dm7][G][Dm7]
[G]I've just been to see my [Dm7]best friend
[G]he's got another [Dm7]girl
[G]says she's just about the [Dm7]best thing
[G]in the whole damn [Dm7]world

And he [C]says can't you see what the [G]little lady's done for me
[C]says it like he thinks I'm [Bm]blind
but the [C]things that you see ain't nece[G]ssarily the things you can [D]find

{soc}
[C]Happy loving [D]couples make it look so [G]easy
[C]Happy loving [D]couples make always talk so [G]kind
[C]until the time that [D]I can do my dancing with a [G]partner
[C]those happy [D]couples ain't no friends of [G]mine
[G][C][D]
{eoc}

[G]People say I'm too damn [Dm7]fussy
[G]when it comes to [Dm7]girls
[G]happy couples say I [Dm7]must live
[G]in a lonely [Dm7]world

Wanna [C]be, wanna really be [G]what my friends pretend to be
[C]be it in my own good [Bm]time
being [C]kind to myself till I be[G]come one of two of a [D]kind

{c:Chorus}

[D]You ain't no friends of mine
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G]You ain't no [C]friends [D]of mine

{c:Repeated 12 times with voice-over}
[G][C][D]
You know what I mean
Happy loving couples
In matching lamb turtle-neck sweaters (?)
Reading Ideal Homes magazine
Yea!

Wanna [C]be, wanna really be [G]what my friends pretend to be
[C]be it in my own good [Bm]time
being [C]kind to myself till I be[G]come one of two of a [D]kind

{c:Chorus}

[D]You ain't no friends of mine
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G]You ain't no [C]friends [D]of mine
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G][C][D]
[G]You ain't no [C]friends [D]of mine
[G][C][D]
[G]You ain't no [C]friends [D]of mine
[G][C][D]
[G]You ain't no [C]friends [D]of mine
[G]
{c:Abrupt stop, Joe saying "Right, that's enough"}

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Video Happy Loving Couples

Joe Jackson-Happy Loving Couples
Song from Jackson's First album Look Sharp! Here he criticizes couples that look too happy. This is for anybody who is alone on the Holidays or Valentines Day.

Happy Loving Couples (Joe Jackson cover)
(Jackson) from the album "Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!" (1979) I've just been to see my best friend He's got another girl Says shes just about the best thing In the whole damn world And he says can't you see what the little lady's done for me Says it like he thinks I'm blind But the things that you see ain't necessarily the things you can find Happy loving couples make it look so easy Happy loving couples always talk so kind Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine People say I'm too damn fussy When it comes to girls Happy couples say I must live In a lonely world Wanna be, wanna really be what my friends pretend to be Be it in my own good time Being kind to myself till I become one of two of a kind Happy loving couples make it look so easy Happy loving couples always talk so kind Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine You ain't no friends of mine You know what I mean Happy loving couples In matching white Polo neck sweaters Reading ideal homes magazine Yeah! Wanna be, wanna really be what my friends pretend to be Be it in my own good time Being kind to myself till I become one of two of a kind Happy loving couples make it look so easy Happy loving couples always talk so kind Until the time that I can do my dancing with a partner Those happy couples ain't no friends of mine You ain't no friends of mine You ain't no friends of mine You ain't no friends of ...

Happy Loving Couples - Sheboygan Lighthouse
Joe Jackson throws down the soundtrack to life as a newlywed couple do a photo-op on Sheboygan's North Pier. Sheboygan, Wisconsin is located between Milwaukee and Green Bay and features miles of underused beaches and fun people. Happy Loving Couples - Look Sharp www.joejackson.com

The Joe Jackson Band [LIVE '79] - One More Time (Rare Cut)
Taken from an FM broadcast of a Washington DC show during the band's first US tour. Gary breaks a string in the first 2 bars of the song. SHOW DETAILS: Concert: 26 April 1979 at The Bayou, Washington, DC, USA Recorded by: US radio (WHFS-FM) Broadcast: on WHFS-FM Setlist: 1. One More Time 2. Pretty Girls 3. Look Sharp! 4. Geraldine And John 5. Sunday Papers 6. Baby Stick Around 7. Friday 8. Fools In Love 9. Is She Really Going Out With Him? 10. Happy Loving Couples 11. I'm The Man 12. Throw It Away 13. Got The Time ENCORE: 14. Pressure Drop (Maytals cover) 15. Come On (Chuck Berry cover) 16. Ain't That A Shame (Fats Domino cover)

Happy Loving Couples
Cruising around the Jubilee neighborhood in Victoria, BC to Joe Jackson's "Happy Loving Couples"