Joseph And Joe

Words and Music by John Denver
from JD John Denver (1979)

Capo 2 Frets

E        /          /          /

E (throughout verse)
Joseph and Joe, the priest and the cowboy,
the places they've been to, the spaces they're in.
For a time between storms at the side of a mountain,
with another man's fam'ly, fam'ly and friends

E             /

E (throughout verse)
Joseph can give you the keys to the kingdom,
he'll put you in touch with the spirit of man.
Joe loves the desert but lives in the mountains,
his closest companion a left handed man

E             /
Ooo                    Where do you go
           D      A      E
If you've got no way to get there?
  C           E
Where do you go?
E
How do you know?
           D     A     E        
If you've never never been there?
 C           B7
How do you know?
                     E         /            /          /
Tell me how do you know?

E (throughout verse)
Joseph I lost you in some other city,
out paths are not crossing, we're way out of touch.
Joe, how the seasons have drifted between us,
or is it your vision, much greater than mine.

E             /
Ooo

E (throughout verse)
Take head of the darkness which gathers around us
a fire that consumes us forever to burn
than look to the sun for our father is with us,
our mother will teach us what we need to learn.

E             /
Ooo                    Where do you go
           D      A      E
If you've got no way to get there?
  C           E
Where do you go?
E
How do you know?
           D     A     E        
If you've never never been there?
 C           B7
How do you know?
                     E
Tell me how do you know? Tell me where do you go
           D     A     E        
If you've never never been there?
  C           E
Where do you go?
E
Tell me how do you know?
             D      A      E        
that you've got no way to get there
 C           B7
How do you know?
                     E          /            /             /
Tell me how do you know? 

Copyright 1978 Cherry Lane Music Pub.