Chords with lyrics
Artist: Jake Thackray (R.I.P)
Title: Sister Josephine
Album: La-Di-Dah
Words: Jake Thackray
Music: Jake Thackray
Transcribed By: Stephen Shodimu
Email: [email protected]
NB: Perhaps it is due to my bad tape, but strings E MajorE
and g are about
1/4 tone down compared to normal. But it's close
enough for me.
Due to dumb laws, you'll have to download the rest
of the
lyrics from the web (or get the full version of
this tab there).
Unusual chords:
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Ddim7Ddim7 Cdim7Cdim7
e----4-------2----
b----6-------4----
g----4-------2----
D----6-------4----
A----5-------3----
E----4-------2----
Intro:
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A major 6A6 Fm7Fm7 Bm7Bm7 Cm7Cm7
Amaj7sus2
e------------2-------------3r2h3---------------------------------------
b----------2---------------------2--------3-----4----------------------
g--------2---------------2--------------2-------3------------2--0------
D------2---------------2--------------4---------5--------0h1-----------
A----0---------------4--------------2-----------3------0---------------
E---------------0--2---------------------------------0--------------0--
Verse 1:
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A augmentedA C#m7C#m7 C#m7C#m7 Cm7Cm7
e--0-----------------------4--4-5-7----4----3---
b--2--2-3-5-3-2---2--------5-----------5----4---
g--2------------4---4-2----4-----------4----3---
D--2-----------------------6-----------6----5---
A--0-----------------------4-----------4----3---
E-----------------------------------------------
Oh Sister Josephine
[Bm7Bm7]What do [C#m7C#m7]all these Po[A augmentedA]....
By [F#m7F#m7]coming to the convent in a [Bm7Bm7]grim
limou[Bm7Bm7]sine[Cm7Cm7]
[C#m7C#m7]After Sister Jose[A augmentedA]phine
[E7E7]While [A augmentedA]you Sister [C#m7C#m7]Josephine [C#m7C#m7][Cm7Cm7]
You [Bm7Bm7]sit with your [C#m7C#m7]boots up on the [A augmentedA]...
screen
You [F#m7F#m7]smoke one last ci[Bm7Bm7]gar [Bm7Bm7] [Cm7Cm7]
[C#m7C#m7]What a funny nun you [A augmentedA]are [E7E7] [A augmentedA]
Chorus 1:
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The [Ddim7Ddim7]Policemen say ... a [F# minorF#m]burglar ...
[Ddim7Ddim7]Big Bad ... the [F# minorF#m]run
The [Cdim7Cdim7]sisters ... that [E MajorE]can't ...
Just [Cdim7Cdim7]think ...
e----------------------------------6--7------
b----------------------------------------6---
g-------------------------------1------------
D-----------------------------2--------------
A---------------------------2----------------
E---0-----0---0---0---0---0------------------
towards the younger nuns
** See NB: at the top for the rest of the lyrics