Chords for Ronnie Rose, The Bum They Called Joe

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_ _ _ He stood on the _ _ corner _ _ with _ no [G] place to go. _
_ _ _ He was [Bm] known [Em] to the [A] _ _ people _ _ as the bum they [D] called Joe. _ _
_ _ _ He looked like a _ fellow _ _ _ with one foot [G] in the grave. _ _
_ He _ _ smiled and said,
[D] _ _ Thank [Bm] you [A] _ for the penny you [D] gave. _ _
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Nobody _ _ _ asked him _ _ _ where he [G] was _ from,
_ _ _ Or what happened [A] to _ _ him,
_ _ Or what [D] went _ wrong.
_ _ _ _ People gave him _ _ small _ thanks,
As they [G] come and _ go.
_ _ _ _ That's all that [D] they _ knew [G#] of,
[A] _ The bum they [D] called Joe. _ _
_ _ _ _ In summer and _ _ winter,
_ _ _ And throughout [G] the _ year,
_ _ _ _ If [Bm] you [E] passed [A] that _ _ corner,
_ _ _ Joe the bum, he was [D] _ _ _
there.
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Nobody _ [D] _ knew _ him,
_ _ They didn't [G] want to know. _
_ _ _ No one knew [D] how he _ [Bm] felt,
[A] _ _ The bum they [D] called Joe. _ _
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[F#m] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ He [Bm] went [A] to [D] soot _ _ _ _ catchers,
_ Whenever _ [G] he _ could.
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Sometimes he [A] got _ _ nothing,
_ _ _ Sometimes he [D] got _ food.
_ _ _ _ When all things had _ failed him,
_ _ To his corner [G] he'd go, _ _
_ _ _ And stand all [D] _ _ alone _ [Bm] [A] there.
_ The bum they [D] called Joe. _
_ _ _ _ One day in the _ _ _ winter,
_ Joe failed to [G] _ _ _
appear,
_ _ For three [Bm] days [A] in a _ row,
_ _ _ _ Joe never [D] came _ _ _ there.
_ _ Someone looked [F#m] in [D] an _ _ alley,
_ _ _ Curled up in [G] the snow, _
_ _ _ _ They found [D] the _ _ [F#m] body,
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ Of the bum they [D] called Joe. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] There was no one [D] to claim _ _ him, _ _ _
No [G] one to phone. _
_ _ _ _ No [Bm] [G] wonder [A] his _ _ hand [E] fell,
[A] _ _ For where he [D] called _ _ home.
_ _ _ In [E] that upper [D] _ _ _ _
section,
_ _ Of the graveyard [G] he'll go, _
_ _ _ _ No headstone [D] or _ _ [F#m] marker,
[Bm] _ [A] _ _ For the bum they [D] called Joe. _
_ _ _ _ [G] He died all [D] _ alone _
[F#m] _ [Bm] [A] in,
_ A blanket [D] of snow. _ _
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