A Little Boy Called Joe
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1st traste
"A Little Boy Called Joe" - Johnny Gray
Track 2 of 13 on the album "Chicago Bluegrass" (1986)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w951YEPne-4 [!]
[!] Capo on 1st fret [!]
[Intro]
A E A
[Verse 1]
A A7 D A
In a war-torn land of poverty somewhere across the sea
E
There's a little boy who's waiting, he looks a lot like me
A A7 D A
His hair is like the sunlight on the wings of a crow
E A A7
I don't know what they named him, but I'm sure they call him Joe
[Chorus]
D A
Just a little boy called Joe, like so many more I know
E
Left all alone somewhere across the sea
A A7 D A
I want him to have my name, little Joe was mine to claim
E A
This little boy called Joe belongs to me
[Fiddle Solo]
A A7 D A
E
[Mandolin Solo]
A A7 D A
E A
[Verse 2]
A A7 D A
His mother died to give him life the night my orders came
E
I wanted to be with him, but war's an evil thing
A A7 D A
Now, he won't recognize me, but I've got to let him know
E A A7
That he means much more to someone than just a little boy called Joe
[Chorus]
D A
Just a little boy called Joe, like so many more I know
E
Left all alone somewhere across the sea
A A7 D A
I want him to have my name, little Joe was mine to claim
E A
This little boy called Joe belongs to me
[Guitar Solo]
A E A A7
[Chorus]
D A
Just a little boy called Joe, like so many more I know
E
Left all alone somewhere across the sea
A A7 D A
I want him to have my name, little Joe was mine to claim
E A
This little boy called Joe belongs to me
E A
Yes, this little boy called Joe belongs to me
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