Joe chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
on
G 
C 
G 
the Newport Ridge
F 
C 
It's there that I lived
With my husband Joe and
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a couple of kids
C 
He worked the factory by day
G 
F 
C 
And the fields by night
G 
'Til they closed them both a year ago July
C 

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Verse 2
G 
They came to take it all away
F 
C 
without a how do you do
The sheriff just walked in one day
G 
Em 
G 
Said now Joe, you're through
C 
Joe just caved in,
F 
C 
he took the kids and he went
G 
But he left his gun and  they
better not come again
C 

Verse 3
G 
C 
Now Joe sends some money
F 
C 
And sometimes he sends his love
With a why don't you,
G 
what is done is done
C 
Well, me and Joe weren't much
F 
C 
But we was what we was
G 
And when times got tough you
know that seemed enough
C 

Verse 4
G 
They tried to take it all away without
F 
C 
a how do you do
The sheriff just walked in one day
G 
Said now Joe, you're through
C 
Joe just caved in,
G 
F 
C 
he took the kids and he went
G 
But he left his gun and  they better
not come again
C 

Verse 5
G 
C 
And sometimes at twilight,
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F 
Fm 
C 
I sit with my pipe
Look down the lane as
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the cars go slowly by
C 
G 
Even people I know,
C 
F 
they don't come in to say hello
C 
To the crazy woman
G 
living out on the line
C 

Verse 6
G 
But they tried to take it away
F 
without a how do you do
C 
The sheriff just walked in one day
G 
Said now Joe, you're through
C 
Joe just gave in,
F 
C 
he took the kids and he went
G 
But he left his gun and they
C 
better not come again
But he left his gun and they
G 
better not come again
C 