Stone the crows    (video)

 

    G - C - G - G7

 

    (Narrator + Pharaoh : )

         C

1. Pharaoh said: ‘Well, stone the crows, this Joseph is a clever kid.

        C

    who'd have thought that fourteen cows

 

    could mean the things he said they did.

     Dm

    Joseph, you must help me further, I have found a job for you,

                                                                G

    you shall lead us through this crisis, you shall be my number two.”

 

        C

2. Pharaoh told his guards to fetch a chisel from the local store,

        C

    whereupon he ordered them to cut the chains that Joseph wore.

     Dm

    Joseph got a royal pardon and a host of splendid things,

                                                  G

    a chariot of gold, a cloak, a medal and some signet rings.

 

     C                          C7

+  Joseph, Joseph, Pharaoh's number two,

      F                       Fm                                       G - G7  G - G7

    Joseph, Joseph, Egypt looks to you. (2x)  + Jo........se........ph !

 

      C

3. Seven summers on the trot were perfect just as Joseph said,

      C

    Joseph saw that food was gathered ready for the years ahead.

     Dm

    Seven years of famine followed, Egypt did not mind a bit,

                                                   G

    the first recorded rationing in hist'ry was a hit.

 

(Adoring girls : )

      C          G                C          Dm               G            C

    Joseph how can we ever say all that we want to about you ?

       C            G                  C

    We're so glad that you came our way,

   Dm                      G                 C

    we would have perished without you.

 

(Pharaoh : )

      C          G                C                       Dm           G                  C

    Joseph we are the perfect team, old buddies, that's you and me,

    C         G                   C               Dm          G             C

    I was wise to have chosen you, you'll be wise to agree.

 

(Adoring girls : )

      C          G                C          Dm               G            C

    Joseph how can we ever say all that we want to about you ?

        C           G                 C

    We're so glad that you came our way,

    Dm                      G                C

    we would have perished without you.

 

(Pharaoh : )

    Dm                 G                        Em             Am

    We were in a jam, would have baffled Abraham,

           Dm               G                      C

    but now we're a partnership, it's just a piece of cake.

 

(Adoring girls : )

       Dm                           G    Em                 Am

    Greatest man since Noah only goes to show you.

 

(Joseph : )

      Dm                                        G                                      C

    Anyone from anywhere can make it if they get a lucky break.

 

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 4th here)

 

       C

4. This could be a happy ending, perfect place to stop the show,

     C

    Joseph after all has got about as far as he can go.

   Dm

    But I'm sure that Jacob and his other sons have crossed your mind,

                                                     G                  G7

    how had famine hit the fam'ly Joseph left behind ?

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Rice / Webber)