Chords for Joey+Rory - Josephine

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I'm writing this letter my darling from high on a hill _
_ _ _ _ We've been marching ten days, and we're just outside [B] Hawkinsville _ _ _
_ _ [E] It's been snowing all night, and we ain't got no [A] more kerosene
_ _ It's _
[Bm] _ [E] colder than hell.
[B] Hope you're doing [E] well Josephine
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There's a fever in camp and our boys are too sick to fight _
_ _ _ _ We done lost old Calvin, Weaver won't [B] make it through the night _ _ _
_ I [E] _ overheard the captain say it's the worst he's [A] ever seen _ _ _ _ _
[E] I'm losing some weight, but [B] I'm still standing up straight [E] _ Josephine
_ _ _ Tell [A] my children I miss them and wish I could kiss them once more _ _
_ _ [E] Bet they'd grow to foot since they waved me goodbye [B] at the door
_ [A] Tell mama and daddy I'm alright and just one more thing
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I [E] love you, I love [B] you, I love you _ [E] Josephine _
There's _ _ _ _
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_ [E] three thousand Union troops camped at the river below _
Six _ _ _ hundred of us, at least there was two [B] nights ago _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Willer went deserted, and they hung him [A] down by the stream _ _ _ _
_ [E] God I'm so [B] scared, keep me in your [E] prayers, Josephine
_ Well _ the orders come down, we attack tonight at nightfall _
If _ we can stop them right here, we can win this war once [B] and for all _ _ _ _
You know [E] I killed a Union boy last week, I bet he [A] wasn't fourteen
_ He _ [E] looked just like our son, [B] forgive me for what I [E] done, Josephine _ _
_ Tell [A] my children I miss them and wish I could kiss them once more _ _ _
[E] Bet they'd grow to foot since they waved me goodbye [B] at the door _
[A] Tell mama and daddy I'm alright and just one more thing
_ I _ _ [E]
love you, I love [B] you, I love you [E] _ Josephine _ _
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Lastly my darling in case I should be killed _ _
_ _ Don't grieve me too long
Promise me [B] that you will _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Marry another _
Don't let him [A] treat our babies mean
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he's holding you, [B] won't you think of me [E] too, Josephine? _ _
_ _ [A] Tell my babies I miss them and wish I could kiss them once more _ _ _ _
[E] Bet they'd grow to foot since they waved me goodbye [B] at the door _
[A] Tell mama and daddy I'm alright and just one more thing
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] I love you, I love [B] you, I love you _ [E] Josephine
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I _ [E] love you, I love [B] you, I love you _
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