Joseph I Was Not His Father He Was Mine chords by Michael Mclean

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD G9G9 D MajorD G9G9


Verse 1:
D MajorD             G+G
 He was working late one evening
D MajorD             G+G
 With the wood he knew so well
A augmentedA              D MajorD
 when she thought she recognized him
G+G      A7A7         D MajorD
 though at first she couldn't tell
D MajorD             G+G
 As she humbly begged his pardon
D MajorD               G+G
 A augmentedA strange sadness swelled inside
A augmentedA                 D MajorD
 When she asked, "aren't you the father
G9G9    A9A9      D MajorD   A/C#A/C#
 Of the man they crucified?"
B minorBm           E minor 7Em7
 Then the carpenter repeated
A7A7            D MajorD   A/C#A/C#
 what he's said so many times
B minorBm            E minorEm
 He said, "I as not His father,
A7A7    D MajorD    G/AG/A A7A7
 He was mine."

Verse 2:
D MajorD             G+G
 Then he humbly went on working
D MajorD               G+G
 With those worn and caloused hands
A augmentedA               D MajorD
 Though she did not ask more questions
G+G       A7A7     D MajorD
 he knew she didn't understand.
D MajorD             G+G
 So he asked if she would help him
D MajorD            G+G
 he saw her answer in a glance
A augmentedA                 D MajorD
 and she did the chores he asked her
G9G9      A9A9        D MajorD   A/C#A/C#
 and she was grateful for the chance
B minorBm           E minor 7Em7
 Then they talked for hours of Jesus
A7A7             D MajorD   A/C#A/C#
 and how he knew He was divine.
B minorBm            E minorEm
 He said "I was not His father,
A7A7    D MajorD   G/AG/A A7A7
  He was mine.

Chorus 1:
E minor 7Em7               D/F#D/F#
"How could one so foolish and so flawed
G+G               AsusAsus  A augmentedA
ever hope to raise the Son of God?"


Verse 3:
D2            G7G7
 Then he spoke of the misgivings
D2           G+G
 he had had a thousand times
A augmentedA                D MajorD
 and how Jesus found the tender moments
G+G      A augmentedA     A augmentedA    D MajorD   A7A7
 to let him know he'd done just fine
D MajorD           E minor 7Em7
 Then the carpenter recited
A7A7               D MajorD
 The greatest truths he'd ever learned
B minorBm              E minor 7Em7
 and testified they came from Jesus
A7A7               D MajorD    A/C#A/C#
 and then her heart within her burned
B minorBm              E minor 7Em7
 Then they embraced as she departed,
A7A7   A7/GA7/G       D MajorD   A/C#A/C#
 Joseph told her one more time,
B minorBm             E minor 7Em7
 "Tell them I was not His father
A7A7          Bm9Bm9
  tell them He was mine.
G9G9          A7A7
  No, I was not His father,
    D MajorD
He was mine."


Outro:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD