Key: A minor
Intro 1
Am
Asus4
Dsus2
Asus4
A
Am
Verse 1
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Joseph, too I come from
Dsus2
D
Dsus2
But I have lived here all my life,
Asus4
Dsus2
Asus4
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Am
not just for the night.
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Am
My boy was two years old when
Dsus2
D
And the soldiers came to our street
Dsus2
A
Am
And left us all cryin' on our knees
The king said all the boys must die
Trouble dwelled in his
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Asus4
Dsus2
wicked heart
Won't come to take away the king's
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Am
A
Dsus2
D
throne
Asus4
Am
But that boy escaped the race
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Asus4
His father took him away
Dsus2
D
I couldn't do the same
for my little boy
Dsus2
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Am
When the paratroopers came
The day he'd thirty -three years old
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Dsus2
D
He'd have a wife an d some kids
I missed out on so much
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Because of one man's cruel ways
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Dsus2
Blinded by greed and hate
D
I heard they finally got the other boy I knew they'd
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Am
Dsus2
D
never forget him
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Am
I saw him hung on a tree I remembered my
Dsus2
D
He said, he'll die for love
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But these men don't know love
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An d I'm too bitty to
Dsus2
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A
never forget that face
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A
And I walked home from that place,
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to my cold and lonely home
Asus4
D
And burned my clothing in a pile
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A
on the road
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ChordsAm Asus4 Dsus2 A D
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