Potiphar chords by The Joseph Consortium

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Verse 1
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Potiphar had very few cares.
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He was one of Egypt's millionaires,
having made a fortune buying
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shares in pyramids.
Potiphar had made a huge pile,
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earned a large percentage of the Nile,
meant that he could really live in style,
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and he did.
Joseph was an unimportant slave
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who found he'd liked his master,
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consequently worked much harder,
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even with devotion.
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Potiphar could see that Joseph was
a cut above the average
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Made him leader of the household,
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maximum promotion
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Potiphar was cool and so fine
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But his wife would never toe the line
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It's all there in chapter 39 of Genesis
She was beautiful but evil,
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saw a lot of men against his will.
He would have to tell her
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that she still was his.
Joseph's looks and handsome figure
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had attracted her attention.
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Every morning she would beckon,
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come and lie with me, love.
Joseph wanted to resist her,
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till one day she proved too eager
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Joseph cried in vain, please stop,
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I don't believe in free love
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Suddenly they heard a roar
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What if I burst through the door?
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Joseph, I'll see you rot in jail
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The things you have done
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are beyond the pale
Oh, Joseph, locked up in a cell,
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Things aren't going well here,
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Locked up in a cell,
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Locked up in a cell.
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