Poor Poor Joseph Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Narrator
Next day, far from home,
The brothers planned
the repulsive crime

[Verse 2]
Brothers
[D]Let us [A]grab him now,
[D]Do him in, while weave got
the [A]time[D][G][Em]
[G]Narrator

[Verse 3]
This they did and made the most of [D]it
[G]Tore his coat and flung him [D]in pit

[Verse 4]
Brothers
[D]Let us [A]leave him [D]here,
All alone, and he's bound to die

[Verse 5]
Narrator
[D]When some Ishmaelites,
A hairy crew,
came riding [Ab]by[D][C#][D][C#]
[D]
[G]In a flash the [C]brothers
[D]changed their plan

[Verse 6]
Brothers
[G]We need cash. Let's sell him
if [D]we can[Em]
[D]Narrator, Female Ensemble [A]& Children

[Verse 7]
Poor, [Bm]poor Joseph,
what'cha gonna [D]do?
[G]Things look bad for [D]you, hey,
[Em]what[D]'cha gonna do?
Poor, poor [A]Joseph,
[Bm]what'cha gonna do?[D]
[G]Things look bad [D]for you, hey,
[A]what'cha gonna [D]do?

[Verse 8]
Brothers
[D]Could you use a slave,
You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?
Young, strong, well- behaved,
Going cheap and he reads and writes
Narrat[G]or
In [Gm]a trice the [G]dirty [D]deal was done

[Verse 9]
Sil[Gm]ver c[G]oins for Jac
[C]ob's fa[D]vourite son
Then the Ishmaelites
Galloped off with the slave in tow
Off to Egypt where Joseph
was not keen to go
It [G]wouldn't be a picnic he [D]could tell
[F]Joseph And

[Verse 10]
[G]
I don't speak Egyptian very [D]well
[A]Narrator

[Verse 11]
[D]Joseph's brothers tore
His precious multi- coloured coat
Having ripped it up,
They next attacked a passing goat
[Gm]Soon the wretched [Cm]creature
was [D]no more
[G]They dipped his coat in [C]blood
[G]and gut[D]s and gore
Narrator, En[Bb]semble & Children

[Verse 12]
Oh now [Gm]brothers,
how low can [Bb]you stoop?
[Eb]You make a sordid [Bb]group, hey,
[Fsus4]how low can you s[Bb]toop?
Poor, poor [F]Joseph,
[Gm]sold to be a [Bb]slave
[Eb]Situation's grave, [Bb]hey,
[Cm]sold to [F]be a [Bb]slave