Intro:

      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
     | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | 
     | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | 
     | ---7---6-------3- | ---4------------- | ---7---6-------3- | -----------2----- | 
     | -------4-------1- | ---2------------- | -------4-------1- | -------4---0----- | 
     | -7--------------- | ----------------- | -7--------------- | -------2--------- | 
     | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | 

      v   v   v   v
     | ----------------- | 
     | ---------------0- | 
     | ----2--1-0------- | 
     | -2----------4---- | 
     | ----------------- | 
     | ----------------- | 
      ~~~3~~~ ~~~3~~~      (1/4-note triplets)


    F5   F#7#9   G5   Ab/6


Verse 1:

                E5
    We're gonna break out the hats and hooters when Josie comes home

    We're gonna rev up the motorscooters
                     A5     G5
    When Josie comes home to stay
                D5         C5
    We're gonna park in the street
    E5
    Sleep on the beach and make it
    A5                          G5   D5 C5
    Throw down the jam 'til the girls say when
    E5                  D5           E5         E5
    Lay down the law and break it when Josie comes home


Chorus 1:

         C5        F#7#9  B7#9#5    E5   C5
    When Josie comes home         so good
              F#7#9        B7#9#5       E5  A5
    She's the pride of the neighborhood
              A5  D5       G5 C5
    She's the raw flame, the live wire
        F#7#9                      B7#9#5
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire


Verse 2:

    Jo who'd you love to scrapple, she'll never say no
    Shine up the battle apple
    We'll shake 'em all down tonight
    We're gonna mix in the street
    Strike at the stroke of midnight
    Dance on the bones 'til the girls say when
    Pick up what's left by daylight when Josie comes home


Chorus 2:

    When Josie comes home, so bad
    She's the best friend we never had
    She's the raw flame, the live wire
    She prays like a Roman with her eyes on fire


Instrumental break (2:15 - 2:31):

    Play 3X (guitar is doubled by bass):

      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
     | ----------------- | ---------------- | 
     | ----------------- | ---------------- | 
     | ----------------- | ---------------- | 
     | -5-7------------- | ---5------------ | 
     | -----------5---7- | ---------------- | 
     | ----------------- | ---------5-7---- | 
                                ^^^ 2nd time only

    F#7#9  B7#9#5


(guitar solo over verse chords)

(repeat chorus 1)

(repeat intro)


Outro:

    guitar solo over Em7 to fade

Chord fingerings:

      Ab/6: xx6563
      A5 :        x57655
      B7#9#5:        x21233
      C5 :        xx3553
      D5 :        xx5775
      E5 :        xx7997
      F#7#9:        242355
      G5 :        x35433

(On the record, those X/Y chords are almost certainly played as a standard X
chord on guitar, with the bass covering the Y note; the fingerings suggested
above are for anyone who wants to replicate the overall sound of those chords
on a single guitar.  And, incidentally, Laura Nyro was using major triads
with the fourth in the bass when Don and Walt were still playing frat parties
at Bard.)