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"Joe Black"  by Paul Sanchez
from "Wasted Lives and Bluegrass"
I still haven't worked on the cool little riff between verses, but the
chords are simple:
Joe GBlack, Joe Black
DWhen you gonna come on Gback
Gto the docks where you work
Da double shift for a Gflat
Cand if you do it's gonna be Gdifferent
Cthis time you're not working for the Dman
you're gonna be working for Joe GBlack Joe Black
DWhen you gonna come on Gback
You can throw in:
A|----0-2--|
E|--3------|   between some chord changes, usually
from  Gto  C(sometimes from  Gto D)

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Joe Black

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"Joe Black" by Paul Sanchez

from "Wasted Lives and Bluegrass"

I still haven't worked on the cool little riff between verses, but the

chords are simple:

Joe Black, Joe Black

D G

When you gonna come on back

to the docks where you work

D G

a double shift for a flat

C G

and if you do it's gonna be different

C D

this time you're not working for the man

you're gonna be working for Joe Black Joe Black

D G

When you gonna come on back

You can throw in:

A|----0-2--|

E|--3------| between some chord changes, usually

G C G D

from to (sometimes from to )

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