Potiphar Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Joseph was taken in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a
captain named Potiphar
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[Bb][Ab][C#][C#m][A]
[C#m]
[G][C][G][A][B][C]
[G][A][C]

[Verse 2]
Potiphar have [C]very few heirs
He was one of [G]Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune
buying shares [C]in
Pyramid[G]s[C][Am][C]

[Verse 3]
Potiphar had [G]made [C]a huge p[G]ile[C]
Owned a large per[G]centage of the Nile
Ment that I could really live in style
And he did
[C]And I did
[Am][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Joseph [G]was [C]an unimpor[G]tant
Slave who found he liked his master
[C]Con[G]sequently [C]worked much [G]harder
Even with de[C]votion
Potiphar [G]could

[Verse 5]
[C]see that [G]Joseph
Was a cut above the others
Made him leader [C]of his [G]household
Maximum pro[C]motion
[G]

[Verse 6]
[C]Potiphar was cool and so [G]fine[C]
But my wife would [G]never toe the line
It's all there in chapter ninety- nine
Of [C]Gen[G]esis (Don't believe
[C]everything you read dear)
She was beautiful but
Evil
Saw a lot of men [G]against his will
He would have to tell her that
she still was [C]his
You're mine
[Am]

[Verse 7]
[C]Joseph's [G]looks [C]and handsome fig[G]ure
Had attracted her attention
[C]Every morning she would [G]beckon
Come and lie with [C]me love
Joseph [G]wanted [C]to res[G]ist
Untill one day she proved to eager
Joseph [C]cried in vain
Please [G]stop I don't believe in [C]free love
[G]Pity

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][F][G][F][G]
[C][G][C][G]
[C][G]
[C]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[C][B][C]
[G]Potiphar [C]was

[Verse 8]
counting [G]shekels
In his den below the bedroom
When he heard a mighty rumpus
Clattering above [C]him
Suddenly he [G]knew his riches
Couldn't buy him what he wanted
Nor would never make him happy
If she didn't [C]love [Cm]him
Then he yelled a [Bb]mighty roar

[Verse 9]
[Cm]
(aaaarrrrrhhh)
Potiphar burst [Bb]through the [Cm]door
[Fm]Joseph I will [Cm]see you [Bb]rot in j[Cm]ail
The [Fm]things you have [Cm]done
are bey[Bb]ond the p[C]ale

[Verse 10]
Poor, [G]poor Joseph [Am]locked up in a [C]cell
[F]Things ain't going [C]well, hey,
locked up [G]in [C]a cell
Poor, poor [G]Joseph [Am]locked up in a [C]cell
[F]Things ain't going [C]well, hey,
[Dm]locked up [G]in a [C]cell
[Dm]Locked up [G]in a [C]cell[C]

[Outro 1]
[C][C][C]