Josephine

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Capo 2nd Fret
Most chords taken from this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNEFplOGHM
Chords notes (E-A-D-G-B-E):
G6: 3-2-0-0-0-0 (muting the top two strings sounds good too)
Cmaj7/B: 0-2-2-0-1-0
D#dim: X-0-1-2-1-2
Lyrics are from http://genius.com/Chris-cornell-josephine-lyrics, and I'm pretty sure most of them are
correct (apart from the human mind part which I corrected). However, if you find a mistake in the booklet,
let me know.
[Verse]
G D
Josephine where can you be now?
Am C F G
Again the sun is rising on my troubled heart
G D
Don’t deny you know you and I
Am C
Are the making of what fate
F G Em
Just can’t pull apart
[Chorus]
Em G6 C G
My sweet Josephine
Em G6 C D
Won’t you come and marry me?
Em G6 C F
I got every kind of love that you will ever need
Am Cmaj7/B F C G
Dying here on bended knees
[Verse]
G
Sheets of rain
D
Cold and gray
Am C
Run down the page
F G
As I write your name
G D
With just the weight of your silence now
Am C F G Em
Crashing all around me while I screamed it out loud
[Chorus]
Em G6 C G
My sweet Josephine
Em G6 C D
Won’t you come and marry me?
Em G6 C F
I got every kind of love that you will ever need
Am Cmaj7/B F C
Dying here on bended knees
[Bridge]
Bm Em
Like a raven in a cage
F C
Blood of my birth
Em G6
Just won’t wash away
Bm Em
Like a stitched together doll
D
My feet to the flame
D#dim
As I fall on the blame
Em Em7 C
For someone else’s pain
Am7 D
For someone else’s pain
G D
Rivers of black ink flood
Am C F G
A tapestry of flesh and blood around my frame
G D
A living shrine just for you if you'll be mine
Am C
Golden band upon your hand
F G Em
Leave this endless winter behind
[Chorus]
Em G6 C G
My sweet Josephine
Em G6 C D
Won’t you come and marry me?
Em G6 C F
I got every kind of love that you will ever need
Am Cmaj7/B F C
Dying here on bended knees
Am Cmaj7/B F C
Dying here on bended knees
Am Cmaj7/B F C
Dying here on bended knees
G
My Josephine

Josephine chords and lyrics

Free chords for Josephine by Chris Cornell. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Capo 2nd Fret
Most chords taken from this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXNEFplOGHM
Lyrics are from http://genius.com/Chris-cornell-josephine-lyrics, and I'm pretty sure most of them are
correct (apart from the human mind part which I corrected). However, if you find a mistake in the booklet,
let me know.
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]

Josephine Chords by Chris Cornell

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