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Sister Josephine by Jake Thackray

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Artist: Jake Thackray (R.I.P)
Title: Sister Josephine
Album: La-Di-Dah
Words: Jake Thackray 
Music: Jake Thackray 
Transcribed By: Stephen Shodimu
Email: youandyoureidolon@yahoo.co.uk

NB: Perhaps it is due to my bad tape, but strings E
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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   Ddim7   Cdim7
e----4-------2----
b----6-------4----
g----4-------2----
D----6-------4----
A----5-------3----
E----4-------2----

Intro:
------

    A6                Fm7            Bm7       Cm7    
  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:
--------
   A                      C#m7        C#m7 Cm7  
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 

[Bm7]What do [C#m7]all these Po[A]....
By [F#m7]coming to the convent in a [Bm7]grim
limou[Bm7]sine[Cm7]
[C#m7]After Sister Jose[A]phine 

[E7]While [A]you Sister [C#m7]Josephine [C#m7][Cm7]
You [Bm7]sit with your [C#m7]boots up on the [A]...
screen 
You [F#m7]smoke one last ci[Bm7]gar [Bm7] [Cm7]
[C#m7]What a funny nun you [A]are [E7] [A]

Chorus 1:
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The [Ddim7]Policemen say ... a [F#m]burglar ...
[Ddim7]Big Bad ... the [F#m]run 
The [Cdim7]sisters ... that [E]can't ...
Just [Cdim7]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