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Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho by Elvis Presley

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

{Intro}
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
         C                 F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
                   C
And the walls come tumbling down.

Chorus:
C
God knows that:
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
         C                 F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
F
And the walls come tumbling down.

Verse 1:
F
Good morning sister Mary.
                        C
Good morning brother John.
     F                          Bb
Well I wanna stop and talk with you.
            F            Bb
And tell you how I come along.

Verse 2:
  F
I know you've heard about Joshua.
                  C
He was the son of Nun.
   F                        Bb
He never stopped his work until,
  F            C
until the work was done.

Chorus:
C
God knows that:
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
         C                 F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
F
And the walls come tumbling down.

Verse 3:
F
You may talk about your men of Gideon.
                                 C
You may brag about your men of Saul.
        F
There's none like good old Joshua.
Bb     F
At the battle of Jericho.

Verse 4:
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Up to the walls of Jericho,
                           C
he marched with spear in hand.
   F
Go blow them ram horns, Joshua cried.
Bb        F
Cause the battle em'in my hands.

Chorus:
C
God knows that:
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
         C                 F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
F
And the walls come tumbling down.

Verse 5:
F
You may talk about your men of Gideon.
                                 C
You may brag about the king of Saul.
        F              Bb
There's none like Joshua,
       F         C     F
at the battle of Jericho.

Verse 6:
C             F
Ah, they tell me: Great God, that Joshua's spear,
F
was well nigh twelve feet long.
F
And upon his hip was a double edged sword.
F
And his mouth was a gospel horn.

Verse 7:
Bb   F
Yet, bold and brave he stood.
                    C
Salvation in his hand.
   F
Go blow them ram horns! Joshua cried.
Bb        F
Cause the devil can't do you no harm.

Chorus:
C
God knows that:
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
         C                 F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
F
And the walls come tumbling down.

Verse 8:
F
Then up to the walls of Jericho;
                            C
He marched with spear in hand.
   F
Go blow them ram horns! Joshua cried.
                             Bb
Cause the battle em'in my hand.

Verse 9:
         F
Then the lamb ram sheep horns began to blow.
                         C
The trumpets began to sound.
    F
Old Joshua shouted: Glory!
Bb      F
And the walls come tumbling down.

Chorus:
F
God knows 'n:
                                   C
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
                           F
(around) Jericho, (around) Jericho.
F
Joshua fit the battle 'round Jericho.
                   C
And the walls came tumbling...

Outro:
C
Down, down, down, down, down
         F
Tumbling down,  wooh.