Chorus
C5                       C5
ease me down josephine
     F5                               C5
got something that makes me want to stay
F5                            C5         A5
you know id never lead you blind or astray
F5                       G5     C5
just ease me down my sweet josephine

C5                       C5
take me out in the yard
    F5                      C5
and lay me down half past eight
    F5                           C5              A5
go to the gardens through that bright colored gate
F5                           G5
just ease your body next to mine

Chorus

C5                               C5
its cigarettes and whiskey at dawn
F5                       C5      
and apples and oranges at noon
        F5                                   C5       A5
yes its summertime in the city and we'll be leaving soon
   F5                            G5
im going to carolina to rest my bones