Joshua Gone Barbados Chords

Key: A 🎸 Intro: | A | A | A | D | | E/A | A | D | A | 🎸 Verse 1: A A A D Cane standin' in the fields gettin' old and red E/A A D A Lot of misery in Georgetown, dreamin' layin' dead A A A D Joshua head of the government, he said "Strike for better pay" E/A A D A Cane cutters are strikin' but Joshua gone away 🎸 Chorus: A A A D Joshua gone Barbados, stayin' in a big hotel E/A A D A A People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell

🎸 Verse 2: A A A D The sugar mill owner told the strikers, "I don't need you to cut my cane E/A A D A Bring me another bunch of fellas, your strike be all in vain" A A A D Get a bunch of tough fellas, bring 'em from Zion Hill E/A A D A A Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, know somebody could kill 🎸 Verse 3: A A A D Sunny Child the overseer I swear he's an ignorant man E/A A D A Walkin' through the canefields, pistol in his hand 🎸 Chorus: A A A D Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know E/A A D A People on the island got no place to go 🎸 Instrumental: | E/A | A | D | A | 🎸 Verse 4: A A A D Police givin' protection, new fellas cuttin' the cane E/A A D A Strikers can't do nothin', strike be all in vain A A A D Sunny Child cussed the strikers, wave his pistol round E/A A D A A They're beatin' Sunny with the cutlers, beat him to the ground 🎸 Verse 5: A A A D There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear all the women bawl E/A A D A Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all A A A D Cane standin' in the fields, gettin' old and red E/A A D A Sunny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed 🎸 Instrumental: | A | A | A | D | | E/A | A | D | A | | A | A | A | D | | E/A | A | D | A | 🎸 Verse 6: A A A D I wish I could go to England Trinidad or Curaçao E/A A D A People on the island got no place to go 🎸 Chorus: A A A D Joshua gone Barbados, stayin' in a big hotel E/A A D A People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell 🎸 Outro: | A | A | A | D | | E/A | A | D E | A |