Joshua

A A Joshua was an old man, his beard like mountain snow D A And when I was a boy we'd have jam sessions A A I'd sneak off to old Sharptop, with my guitar I would go D A When I should have been at school, learnin' my lessons E And he'd sip a little moonshine D And I'd smoke a corncob pipe E D And we'd pick all day until our fingers bled E And right around supper time D I'd run home in the night E D E Just in time to get a whoppin' from my Dad A A My friend Joshua tells me that picking wont pay the rent D A Well I set out to prove him wrong in time A A I dont guess I can recall all the hours that I spent D A Just beating on that old flat top of mine E Me and my friend Joshua lord D We must have played them all E D And I got to where I could put the old man to shame E D I don't guess it ever seemed to bother Josh at all E D E We still loved to pick 'em just the same A E D Oh, way back when A E D He was 65 and I was 10 A E D And I will never be as free again A E D Oh, way back when A A The summer flew by quickly and Josh and I spent our time D A Writing words to songs from memories of his past A A He'd tell me bout the way it was and I'd find the perfect rhyme D A And I couldn't believe how we wrote our songs so fast E D I never knew an old man could be so full of life E D The love we had was so hard to explain E D And I remember how the tears fell when he spoke of his late wife E D And I'd give him my 6-string to ease his pain A E D Oh, way back when A E D He was 65 and I was 10 A E D And I will never be as free again A E D Oh, way back when Instr Bridge : D F C, G D F C, G And then in late November D E D I knocked on his cabin door, I knocked and knocked but Joshua never came E D And I still remember, how he layed there on the floor E D And I went home a-cryin' in the rain A E D Oh, way back when A E D He was 65 and I was 10 A E D And I will never be as free again A E D Oh, way back when A E D Oh, way back when A E D Oh, way back when