Josephine
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{G}Josephine, I have {D}been, pretty {Em}keen, saw you in a maga{Am}zine, Jose{C}phine
"Yeah, she was a model"
"No, she entered one of those desperate and dateless ads in the paper mate"
I just {G}knew, it was {D}you, who could {Em}do, all the things I need ya {Am}to
"You mean like the dishes and that"
"No, he means sexual things"
"No, I actually mean the dishes"
"Right"
It was {C}you
{F}Walkin' down the esplenade on {C}Sunday morning/night/afternoon
{G}Bought a bottle of wine and went to {F}Luna park/the doctor/watch them film the secret life of us
{F}Then we sang our song it was a {C}happy tune
"How'd it go again, what was it?"
Um, too {G}too too too too too too too too
{F}"What?"
No, I think it was spirits of the forest can you hear me
"No no no, it wasn't that"
{C}And then Jackie had to pick up the furni{D}ture
"It's something like that"
"Oh"
I would ask you to {G}marry me, if it wasn't for my {D}allergy, let me give you an a{Am}nalogy
If I was a fish and you were {C}algae
Of course I'd need to be a {G}fish that was al{D}lergic to the {Em}type of algae in this a{Am}nalogy
And that's why you can {C}marry me, Jose{D}phine
"That doesn't mean anything"
{G}"Whose story is this anyway?"
"It's mine/mine/mine"
Jose{G}phine, I have {D}touched seen heard
With my {Em}crutch bean word
And my E7}dutch clean bird
-Expletives expletives-
"It's not working"
"Look. lets just wind it up"
"Yep"
Baby if you were from {G}Staffordshire, the I couldn't {D}have ya here
But Josephine your not {Am}terrier, 'cos all my friends would {C}laugh at yer
Of course you'd need to be the {G}kind of dog that {D}everyone app{Em}roved of and then I could {Am}have ya here
And that's why we can {C}marry yer, Jose{D}phine
"So Josephine's a dog?"
"No, it's an analogy"
"Yeah, she's a D9}fish, you idiot"
"It's too early for this"
"For f***s sake"
Jose{G}phine
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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