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Joshua Gone Barbados by Johnny Cash


               Joshua Gone Barbados


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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 Cane standin' in the fields gettin' old and red
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Lot of misery in Georgetown, dreamin' layin' dead
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Joshua head of the government, he said "Strike for better pay"
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 Cane cutters are strikin' but Joshua gone away
 
 
[Chorus]
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Joshua gone Barbados, stayin' in a big hotel
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People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell
 
 
[Verse 2]
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The sugar mill owner told the strikers, "I don't need you to cut my cane
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Bring me another bunch of fellas, your strike be all in vain"
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 Get a bunch of tough fellas, bring 'em from Zion Hill
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Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, know somebody could kill
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Sunny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man
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Walkin' through the canefields, pistol in his hand
 
 
[Chorus]
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Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
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People on the island got no place to go
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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Police givin' protection, new fellas cuttin' the cane
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Strikers can't do nothin', strike be all in vain
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Sunny Child cussed the strikers, wave his pistol round
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They're beatin' Sunny with the cutlers, beat him to the ground
 
 
[Verse 5]
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There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear all the women bawl
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Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all
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Cane standin' in the fields, gettin' old and red
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Sunny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 6]
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I wish I could go to England, Trinidad or Curaçao
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People on the island got no place to go
 
 
[Chorus]
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Joshua gone Barbados, stayin' in a big hotel
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People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell
 
 
[Outro]
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