Josephine chords by Richard Thompson

• Capo on 2nd

Capo 2

Bm         A           Em
Josephine paces her room
Bm         A          Em          F#m
Josephine wishes the stars would appear
 A                C#m        Em
Breathless she'll run to her tryst
       G#m           G
On the brow of the hill
         E
If God will
Bm        A           Em
Josephine looks for a rose
Bm         A          Em             F#m
To perfume the tight angry curls of her hair
A                C#m        Em
He'll come this once, and maybe
 G#m            G
Again, but where
      E
Or when
F                    D
And the leaves blow in
F                     D         F#m
And the leaves blow into the hall
Bm          A           Em
Josephine dresses her wound
Bm           A             Em           F#m
One scent of blood and he might disappear
 A             C#m        Em
Or maybe he'll want to devour her
G#m                G
Whole and complete
            E
In a heart beat
Bm          A           Em
Josephine talks in her sleep
Bm            A         Em              F#m
More friends around her asleep than awake
A        C#m        Em
Cries desolation to phantoms
  G#m           G
But nobody hears
            E
A dream's tears
F                   D
And the leaves blow in
F                  D             F#m
And the leaves blow into the hall
Bm          A           Em
Josephine writes on the wall
Bm             A             Em                  F#m
Writes all the thoughts that escape from her head
A               C#m        Em
Hundreds and thousands of words
         G#m           G
Written small on a wall
      E
That's all