Poor Poor Joseph chords by
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Intro 1

Verse 1

Narrator

Next day, far from home,

The brothers planned

the repulsive crime

Verse 2
Brothers
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Let us grab him now,
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Do him in, while weave got
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Em Em 
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the time
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Narrator

Verse 3

This they did and made the most of it

Tore his coat and flung him in pit

Verse 4

Brothers

Let us leave him here,

All alone, and he's bound to die

Verse 5
Narrator
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When some Ishmaelites,
A hairy crew,
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came riding by
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In a flash the brothers
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changed their plan

Verse 6

Brothers

We need cash. Let's sell him

if we can

Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children

Verse 7
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Poor, poor Joseph,
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what'cha gonna do?
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Things look bad for you, hey,
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what'cha gonna do?
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Poor, poor Joseph,
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D D 
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what'cha gonna do?
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Things look bad for you, hey,
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what'cha gonna do?

Verse 8
Brothers
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Could you use a slave,
You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?
Young, strong, well- behaved,
Going cheap and he reads and writes
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Narrator
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In a trice the dirty deal was done

Verse 9
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Silver coins for Jac
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ob's favourite son
Then the Ishmaelites
Galloped off with the slave in tow
Off to Egypt where Joseph
was not keen to go
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It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell
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Joseph And

Verse 10

I don't speak Egyptian very well

Narrator

Verse 11
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Joseph's brothers tore
His precious multi- coloured coat
Having ripped it up,
They next attacked a passing goat
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Soon the wretched creature
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was no more
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They dipped his coat in blood
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and guts  and gore
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Verse 12
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Oh now brothers,
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how low can you stoop?
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You make a sordid group, hey,
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how      low can you stoop?
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Poor, poor Joseph,
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sold to be a slave
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Situation's grave, hey,
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sold to be a slave

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