As usual listen to the song for timings etc.
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Intro
slow whammy down
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Verse 1
"I had a friend called Joe, When friends were hard to find"
"He had a restless soul, And something on his mind"
"One day I went away, And when return to the scene"
"Not to find dear old Joe, no, But to find Josephine"
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Chorus 1
"I asked her what her game was, She said Joe had fled the scene"
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Verse 2
"It took a while to click, But then I got the gist"
"The girl was by my side, Was the guy I'd missed"
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"I took her for a beer, To talk about old times"
"Just to find, the beer, dear, Was now a sweet white wine"
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Chorus 2
"I asked her what her game was, She said Joe had fled the scene"
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Bridge
"So we talked all night, And we just got along"
"Although I lost old Joe, yo, I got a new girlfriend."
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Outro Chorus
"I asked her what her game was, She said Joe had fled the scene"
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