Joshua chords by Dolly Parton

Song  - Joshua

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Well a good ways down the railroad track
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There was this little old rundown shack
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And in it lived a man I'd never seen
D
Folks said he was a mean and a vicious man
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And you better not set foot on his land
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I didn't think nobody could be that mean
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So I took me out walking down the railroad track
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I was a-gonna go down to that little old shack
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And just find out if all them things I'd heard was true

There was a big black dog laying out in the yard
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And it growled at me and I swallowed hard
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And I heard somebody say well who are you

Oh and there he stood in the door of that shack
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His beard and his hair was long and black
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And he was the biggest man I'd ever seen

When he spoke his voice was low and deep
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But he just didn't frighten me
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'Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean

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

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Joshua Joshua
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Whatcha doing living here all alone
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Joshua Joshua
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Ain't you got nobody to call your own
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No no no no

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

Oh we grew closer as time went on
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And that little old shack it was a happy home
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And we just couldn't help but fall in love
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That big black dog and that little old shack
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Sitting down by the railroad track
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It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua

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Joshua Joshua
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Why you're just what I've been looking for
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Joshua Joshua
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You ain't gonna be lonesome anymore
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No no


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Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua
Me and Joshua yeah yeah