Richard Thompson – Josephine (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

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