Homeless Joe chords by Nashville Session Players

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Em

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Homeless
Joe wore a fabron coat
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of many colors
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He was a favorite son
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among many brothers
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Who put him in a deep hole
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and brought him up again
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And sold him down the river
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to slave and Egypt man
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Some say he wasn't real,
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just an ancient metaphor
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Of the king of everything,
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who for our sake became whole
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Some say he was a living symbol
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of human salvation
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Descending from a righteous king
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and father of nations
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Armageddon,
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there's so many wrongs to right
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Yet so many causes to fight
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Whose guitar gently
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weeps for you tonight
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Oh, Mr. Jewel wore a coat
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of a  darker color
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He knew he was as good
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as the rich light brother
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Chained him by the neck
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to pay a night ship's captain
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And sold him down the river
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to a slave in America land
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We marched for freedom in 1963
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Did a concert for Bangladesh
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Lie, they far may lie
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Both you know the world's a terrible mess
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But when it comes to helping the poor
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In streets of our own nation
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We turn our backs on the king of kings
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and brother of creation
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Oh Michelle,
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there's so many wrongs to right
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But so many causes to right
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Who's guitar,
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jazzy whips for you tonight
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Now Joe wears a faded coat
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of military colors
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He grew up in Bakersfield,
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Lake Tahoe in the summers
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Then came home from the war
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with no job or place to go
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And ended up in L .A. just another
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Discarded soldier on skid row
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
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Yeah