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

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D G9 D G9


Verse 1:
D                         G
  He was working late one evening
D                          G
  With the wood he knew so well
A                           D
  when she thought she recognized him
G           A7                 D
  though at first she couldn't tell
D                          G
  As she humbly begged his pardon
D                             G
  A strange sadness swelled inside
A                                 D
  When she asked, "aren't you the father
G9       A9            D      A/C#
  Of the man they crucified?"
Bm                     Em7
  Then the carpenter repeated
A7                       D      A/C#
  what he's said so many times
Bm                       Em
  He said, "I as not His father,
A7       D        G/A  A7
  He was mine."

Verse 2:
D                         G
  Then he humbly went on working
D                              G
  With those worn and caloused hands
A                             D
  Though she did not ask more questions
G             A7          D
  he knew she didn't understand.
D                          G
  So he asked if she would help him
D                       G
 he saw her answer in a glance
A                                 D
  and she did the chores he asked her
G9           A9               D      A/C#
 and she was grateful for the chance
Bm                     Em7
  Then they talked for hours of Jesus
A7                         D      A/C#
  and how he knew He was divine.
Bm                       Em
  He said "I was not His father,
A7        D      G/A  A7
   He was mine.


Chorus 1:
Em7                              D/F#
"How could one so foolish and so flawed
G                             Asus   A
ever hope to raise the Son of God?"


Verse 3:
D2                        G7
  Then he spoke of the misgivings
D2                      G
  he had had a thousand times
A                               D
 and how Jesus found the tender moments
G           A          A        D     A7
 to let him know he'd done just fine
D                      Em7
  Then the carpenter recited
A7                              D
 The greatest truths he'd ever learned
Bm                            Em7
 and testified they came from Jesus
A7                             D       A/C#
 and then her heart within her burned
Bm                           Em7
 Then they embraced as she departed,
A7      A7/G              D     A/C#
 Joseph told her one more time,
Bm                         Em7
  "Tell them I was not His father
A7                   Bm9
    tell them He was mine.
G9                   A7
   No, I was not His father,
       D
He was mine."


Outro:
G  A  D