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Old Black Joe by Stephen Foster
Old Black Joe
C
Gone are the days
F C
When my heart was young and gay
Gone are toils
Dm G
Of the cotton fields away
C
Gone to the fields
F C
Of a better land, I know
G C F
I hear those gentle voices callin' me
C G C
Old Black Joe
I'm comin', I'm comin'
F C
Though my head is bendin' low
G C F
I hear those gentle voices callin' me
C G C
Old Black Joe
C F C
Why do I weep, when my heart should feel no pain,
Dm G
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again?
C F C
Grieving for forms now departed long ago.
G C F C G C
I hear their gentle voices calling Old Black Joe.
I'm comin', I'm comin'
F C
Though my head is bendin' low
G C F
I hear those gentle voices callin' me
C G C
Old Black Joe
C F C
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
Dm G
The children so dear that I held upon my knee?
C F C
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go,
G C F C G C
I hear their gentle voices calling Old Black Joe.
I'm comin', I'm comin'
F C
Though my head is bendin' low
G C F
I hear those gentle voices callin' me
C G C
Old Black Joe
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