Josephine Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays408

Josephine by Pokey Lafarge is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F, Am and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
C                       C7 
ease me down josephine 
     F                               C 
got something that makes me want to stay 
F                            C         Am 
you know id never lead you blind or astray 
F                       G7     C 
just ease me down my sweet josephine 

C                       C7 
take me out in the yard 
    F                      C 
and lay me down half past eight 
    F                           C              Am 
go to the gardens through that bright colored gate 
F                           G7 
just ease your body next to mine 

Chorus 

C                               C7 
its cigarettes and whiskey at dawn 
F                       C       
and apples and oranges at noon 
        F                                   C       Am 
yes its summertime in the city and we'll be leaving soon 
   F                            G7 
im going to carolina to rest my bones 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante