Poor Poor Joseph chords by
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Key: F major

Intro 1

Verse 1

Narrator

Next day, far from home,

The brothers planned

the repulsive crime

Verse 2
Brothers
F# F# 
 
C# C# 
 
Let us grab him now,
F# F# 
 
Do  him in, while weave got
C# C# 
 
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
the time
B B 
 
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
F# F# 
 
When some Ishmaelites,
A hairy crew,
C C 
 
F# F# 
 
E# E# 
 
F# F# 
 
E# E# 
 
came riding by
F# F# 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
In a flash the brothers
F# F# 
 
changed their plan

Verse 6

Brothers

We need cash. Let's sell him

G#m

if we can

Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children

Verse 7
D#m D#m 
 
Poor, poor  Joseph,
F# F# 
 
what'cha gonna do?
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Things look bad for you, hey,
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
what'cha gonna do?
C# C# 
 
Poor, poor Joseph,
D#m D#m 
 
F# F# 
 
what'cha gonna do?
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
Things look bad for you, hey,
C# C# 
 
F# F# 
 
what'cha gonna do?

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

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

Verse 10

I don't speak Egyptian very well

Narrator

Verse 11
F# F# 
 
Joseph's brothers tore
His precious multi- coloured coat
Having ripped it up,
They next attacked a passing goat
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
Soon the wretched creature
F# F# 
 
was no more
B B 
 
E E 
 
They dipped his coat in blood
B B 
 
F# F# 
 
and guts   and gore
D D 
 
Narrator, Ensemble & Children

Verse 12
Bm Bm 
 
Oh now brothers,
D D 
 
how low can you stoop?
G G 
 
D D 
 
You make a sordid group, hey,
Asus4 Asus4 
 
D D 
 
how      low can you stoop?
A A 
 
Poor, poor Joseph,
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
sold to be a slave
G G 
 
D D 
 
Situation's grave, hey,
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
sold to be a slave

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