Dolly Parton – Joshua (Guitar)

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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 

G
And you better not set foot on his land 

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I didn't think nobody could be that mean 

D
So I took me out walking down the railroad track 

G
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 

       G
And it growled at me and I swallowed hard 

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And I heard somebody say well who are you 

    G
His beard and his hair was long and black 

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And he was the biggest man I'd ever seen 

    G
But he just didn't frighten me 

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'Cause somehow I just knew he wasn't mean 

    G
And I saw a smile come across his face 

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So I smiled back and I told him who I was 

D
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 

G      D
Joshua Joshua 

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Ain't you got nobody to call your own 

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No no no no 

E
We talked 'til the sun was clean out of sight 

    A
And we still talking when it come daylight 

    B
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 

    A
And just like him I was all alone 

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So I said yeah when he asked if I'd stay 

         A
And that little old shack it was a happy home 

B
And we just couldn't help but fall in love 

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That big black dog and that little old shack 

A
Sitting down by the railroad track 

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It's plenty good enough for me and Joshua 

G      D
Joshua Joshua 

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Why you're just what I've been looking for 

A      E
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