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Joshua  Chords by Dolly Parton

Joshua chords by Dolly Parton (Ver. 2)

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Difficulty: Beginner
Intro A D


MMmmmmm

D
Well a good ways down the railroad track
G
There was this little old rundown shack
A         G       A  A7
And in it lived a man I`d never seen....
D
Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man
G
And you better not set foot on his land
A          A7         D
But I didn`t think nobody could be that mean....
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So I took me out walking down the railroad track
G
I was a gonna` go down to that little old shack
     A          A7          A
And just find out if all them things I`d heard was true
      D
There was a big black dog laying out in the yard
    G
And it growled at me and I swallowed hard
   A                D
And I heard somebody say well who are you

Oh and there he stood in the door of that shack
    G
And His beard and his hair was long and black
  A     G          A
And he was the biggest man I`d ever seen
    D
When he spoke his voice was low and deep
  G
But he just didn`t frighten me
    A               D
`Cause somehow I just knew he wasn`t mean

He said what you doing snoopin` `round my place
  G
And I saw a smile come across his face
A           G       A
So I smiled back and I told him who I was
D
He said come on in and pull you up a chair
G
You might as well since you already here
  A              D
And he said you can call me Joshua



G   D
Joshua Joshua
A             D
Whatcha` doin` livin` here all alone
G   D
Joshua Joshua
A            G     D
Ain`t you got nobody to call your own
  E
No no no no




We talked `til the sun was clean out of sight
  A
And we still talkin` when it come daylight
  B         A       B  B7
And there was just so much we had to say hey
  E
I`d spent my life in an orphan`s home
  A
And just like him I was all alone
B                  E
So I said yeah when he asked if I`d stay

Oh we grew closer as time went on
     A
And that little old shack it was a happy home
  B        A         B  B7
And we just couldn`t help but fall in love
   E
That big black dog and that little old shack
A
Sittin` down by the railroad track
   B                 E
It`s plenty good enough for me and Joshua



A   E
Joshua Joshua
B              E
Why you`re just what I been lookin` for
A   E
Joshua Joshua
     B         A E
You ain`t gonna` be lonesome anymore No No
       B    E     A   E  B
Yod a ladeo layelay Laheee He heee Baba bababa
      E
Me and Joshua

Me and Joshua

Me and Joshua yeah yeah

Me and Joshua

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Dolly Parton chords for Joshua (Ver. 2)

About Joshua

"Joshua" is a song written and recorded by Dolly Parton and released in November 1970 as the first single and title track from the album Joshua. The song was significant for being her first single to reach number 1 on the US country charts.

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