Josie

Written by John Stewart

‘Josie’ is on “Wingless Angels”, RCA 1975, re-released as CD together with the 1973 RCA album “Cannons in the Rain” on a single CD by Bear Family, 1990.

Fine song with a great singalong chorus and a lovely flowing picked rhythm guitar. Not too difficult to learn! Josie may have been 22? 25? in 1975... Bet she still loves the stories from the halls of the Kublai Khan...and that she still would tell the soldiers that they won´t go fight no more.

(D) (Em) (D) (Em)

(D) (Em) (F#m) (Em)

(D) Josie loved the (Em)sailors

With their (D)bawdy, wet neck (Em)songs,

(D) Josie loved the (Em)stories

From the (F#m)halls of the Kublai (Em7)Khan.

(D) And don't you know she (A)loved me

Ah, she (D)loved me all the (G)time,

And won't you (D)say hell(F#m)o to (Em7)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line?

Oh, (D)say hell(F#m)o to (Em7)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line.

(Em) (D) (Em)

(D) Josie loved the (Em)soldiers

(D)Coming home from (Em7)war,

(D)Josie used to (Em)tell them

That you (F#m)won't go fight no (Em7)more.

(D) But don't you know she(A)loved me

Ah, she (D)loved me all the (G)time,

And won't you (D)say hell(F#m)o to (G)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line?

Oh, say hell(F#m)o to (G)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line.

(Em) (D) (Em)

(D) Josie don't work (Em)sidewalks

Or the (F#m)bars of the Tender(Em)loin,

'Cause (D)Josie makes her (Em)money

From the (F#m)homesick, lonesome (Em7)boys.

(D) But don't you know she (A)loved me

Ah, she (D)loved me all the (G)time,

(D)Say hell(F#m)o to (G)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line.

Oh, say hell(F#m)o to (G)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7 short)county (D)line,

Oh, say (F#m)hello to (Em7)Josie

On the (A)San Francisco (A7)county (D)line.

(F#m) (Em)(Em7) (A)(A7 short)(D)

Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller

April 2004