{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2377665,"song":"Joshua Gone Barbados","artist":"Eric Von Schmidt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11491452-joshua-gone-barbados-chords-by-eric-von-schmidt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2377665?type=chord","rating":4.97628,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCane standing in the fields getting old and red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLot of trouble in Georgetown, three men lying dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Joshua's head of the government, he say strike for better pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCane cutters are striking, Joshua gone away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeople on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSugar mill owner told the strikers, I don't need you to cut my cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBring in another bunch of fellows, strike be all in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear the women bawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPoor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGet a bunch of tough fellows, bring 'em from Sion Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, you know somebody'll get killed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Sonny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalking through the canefield, pistol in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeople on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPolice giving protection, the new fellows cutting cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStrikers can't do nothing, strike be all in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Sonny Child he curse the strikers, wave his pistol 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're beating Sonny with a cutlass, beat him to the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeople on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCane standing in the fields getting old and red[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSonny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I could go to England, Trinidad or Curacao[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeople on the Island they got nowhere to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPoor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 5]","chords":["D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}