Old Black Joe chords by Al Jolson

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Verse 1
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Gone are the days
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when my heart was young and gay
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Gone are my friends
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from the cotton fields away,
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Gone from the earth to a better land
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I know, I hear the gentle voices calling,
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Old Black Joe.
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I'm coming, I'm coming,
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For my head is bending low,
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I hear no  gentle voices calling,
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O pleasure!
Where are the hearts,
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once so happy and so free?
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The children so dear
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that I held upon my knee
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Gone to the shore
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where my soul has longed to go,
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I hear the gentle voices calling,
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oh, let's go, I'm coming,
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I'm coming, for my head
Is bending low
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I hear those gentle voices
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Calling
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Oh, Black Joe you