Josephine Chords
Josephine by Damien Jurado is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F
Verse:
F Bb F
Josephine, I have seen you on the sidewalk
Bb F C
Throwing troubles just like flowers to passers by
F Bb F
Don't weigh us down, though we have too many anchors
Bb F C
And like you we want to sail into the sea
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
Bb F C
Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors are leaving
Bb F C Bb F C
Verse:
F Bb F
Josephine, keep your sunlight in our windows
Bb F C
We are rusted like the silos full of grain
F Bb F
Josephine, is it true that all state children
Bb F C
Who will one day be forgotten by our names
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
Bb F C
Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors leaving
Bb F C Bb F C
Verse:
F Bb F
Josephine, I was written in the skyline
Bb F C
You must leave before your time oh oh oh
F Bb F
Don't let us die for we need your hands to cling to
Bb F C
A doorway we can walk through to heaven
Bb F C
I never had the chance to grow up
Bb F C
Into what they wanted me to be
Bb F C
Every rainbow has an end
Bb F C
And it's where the colors leaving
Bb F C Bb F C