#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 03:27:27 GMT From: Rick L To: [email protected] Subject: Cowboy Boyer & Talton Josephine Beyond Compare Chords/Lyrics Cowboy Josephine Beyond Compare written by Tommy Talton E F# A E Only Josephine beyond compare to judge her just ain't fair F# A E The only dream that's really there she sits with shinning hair A E I found her waiting there G F#m Bm I thought we all knew her like we all know rain and pain G F#m Bm I then hear voices talking of their right to being vain G F#m She said they don't know what they're saying Bm E For they speak without no thought and if they're words had been confined G B Bsus B These men could not be taught she's so true E F# A E Only Josephine beyond compare to judge her just ain't fair E F# A E The only dream that's really there she sits with shinning hair A E I found her waiting there G F#m Bm To speak in terms of true & false she can't be understood G F#m Bm And yet I find myself describing her in terms of good G F#m Bm I stood to sing a song to her and then she made me see E G There is no song to sing to her that is not sung to me B Bsus B It's her you long to be E F# A E Only Josephine beyond compare to judge her just ain't fair F# A E The only dream that's really there she sits with shinning hair A E I found her waiting there G F#m Bm Josephine is crying and she's laughing while she does G F#m Bm No one needs to tell her who she is or who she was G F#m Bm She's been thru it all and you can see it in her eyes E G And no one can tell Josephine that she don't realize B Bsus B You know she does E F# A E Only Josephine beyond compare to judge her just ain't fair F# A E The only dream that's really there she sits with shinning hair A E I found her waiting there From Cowboy "Reach For The Sky" Atco Records 1970 No Exit Music Corp