Josie - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
Opening track on Kristofferson's third album "Border Lord" (Monument 1972). The rest of the album is insignificant except for the presence of Billy Swan on bass and Charlie McCoy on harmonica. Can't see why they bothered to contribute. The album was produced in a hurry, and more of the songs came from the drawer, written years ago ... for the drawer.Kris himself has said :
We put a lot of road between this album and the last one, back and forth across the U.S. of A. and Canada, hitting most of the high spots and all of the lows. Cruising pretty close to crazy, but somehow keeping it together enough to keep from crossing that border. We made some friends and left some enemies along the way, and I guess we'll continue to. It all adds up to miles and memories, and, like Satchel Paige said, "Don't look back; something might be gaining on you."
"Josie" is fairly good, and was also released as a single. The song really needs a band, but here we go:
C F C I've been chasing after Josie since the day I could run F C even though I didn't know it at the time F C and I followed her from Texas till she found me undone F C just a jump ahead of what I left behind F C Josie is it true that you've grown harder than your years G F C selling them your sadness on the street F C how much did you lose between the laughter and the tears G F C getting back the bitter for the sweet
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