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JOSHUA by Shawn Mullins (Eggshells)
Tabbed by Aron (Bud)

Chords: (Relative to capo on 9)
G|3 2 0 0 3 3|
C|x 3 2 0 3 3|
D|0 0 0 2 3 2|

Intro: G G

Verse 1:
G                         G
Joshua was an old man his beard like mountain snow
         C                         G     
and when i was a boy we'd have jam sessions
G                                     G
I'd sneak off to old sharptop with my guitar i would go
       C                                      G  
when i should have been in school learning my lesson  

     D                              C
he'd sip a little moonshine and i'd smoke a corncob pipe
         D                      C        
and we'd pick all day until our fingers bled
    D                            C         
and right around supper time i'd run home in the night
D                                      C
just in time to get a whippin' from my dad

Play here: G G

Verse 2:
G                             G
my friend Josh would tell me, pickin' won't pay the rent
    C                                  G
but i said i had to prove him wrong in time
G                                      G
and i don't guess i can recall all the hours that i spent
    C                                G
just beatin' on that old flat top of mine

D                                 C
me and my friend joshua, lord, we must've played 'em all
    D                                      C
and i got where i could put the old man to shame
    D                               C  
but i don't guess it ever seemed to bother Josh at all
   D                                 C     D
he used to love to pick 'em just the same

Chorus:
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when
G       D           C
he was 65 and i was 10
    G            D          C
and i will never be as free again
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when

Play here: G G

Verse 3:
    G                             G
the summers flew by quickly as Josh and i spent our time
        C                                   G
writing words to songs from memories of his past
     G                             G
he'd tell me 'bout the way it was and i'd find the perfect rhyme
      C                                          G
and i couldn't believe how we wrote our songs so fast

D                             C
I never knew an old man could be so full of life
    D                          C
the love we had was so hard to explain
    D                                     C
and i remember how the tears fell when he spoke of his late wife
        D                                C    D
and i'd give him my 6-string to ease his pain

Chorus:
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when
G       D           C
he was 65 and i was 10
    G            D          C
and i will never be as free again
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when

Instrumental Bridge (Solo): Am C G D Am C G D D

Verse 4:
D                               C
then in late november i knocked on his cabin door
  D                                    C
i knocked and knocked but Joshua never came
  D                     C
i still remember how he layed there on the floor
    D                         C
and i went home cryin' in the rain

Final Chorus:
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when
G       D           C
he was 65 and i was 10
    G            D          C
and i will never be as free again
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when
G       D           C
he was 65 and i was 10
    G            D                  C
and i will never find a friend like him again
G   D              C
oooooooooooooooooooooo
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when
G   D              C
oooooooooooooooooooooo
G   D              C
oooooooh, way back when