Artist: Jake Thackray (R.I.P)
Title: Sister Josephine
Album: La-Di-Dah
Words: Jake Thackray 
Music: Jake Thackray 
Transcribed By: Stephen Shodimu
Email: youandyoureidolon@yahoo.co.uk


NB: Perhaps it is due to my bad tape, but strings E and g are about
1/4 tone down compared to normal. But it's close enough for me.


Unusual chords:
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   Ddim7   Cdim7
e----4-------2----
b----6-------4----
g----4-------2----
D----6-------4----
A----5-------3----
E----4-------2----


Intro:

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    A6                Fm7            Bm7       Cm7       Amaj7sus2
e------------2-------------3r2h3---------------------------------------
b----------2---------------------2--------3-----4----------------------
g--------2---------------2--------------2-------3------------2--0------
D------2---------------2--------------4---------5--------0h1-----------
A----0---------------4--------------2-----------3------0---------------
E---------------0--2---------------------------------0--------------0--


Verse 1:
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   A                      C#m7        C#m7 Cm7  
e--0-----------------------4--4-5-7----4----3---
b--2--2-3-5-3-2---2--------5-----------5----4---
g--2------------4---4-2----4-----------4----3---
D--2-----------------------6-----------6----5---
A--0-----------------------4-----------4----3---
E-----------------------------------------------
   Oh       Sister         Josephine 


[Bm7]What do [C#m7]all these Po[A]licemen mean 
By [F#m7]coming to the convent in a [Bm7]grim limou[Bm7]sine[Cm7]
[C#m7]After Sister Jose[A]phine 


[E7]While [A]you Sister [C#m7]Josephine [C#m7][Cm7]
You [Bm7]sit with your [C#m7]boots up on the [A]alter screen 
You [F#m7]smoke one last ci[Bm7]gar [Bm7] [Cm7]
[C#m7]What a funny nun you [A]are [E7] [A]


Chorus 1:
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The [Ddim7]Policemen say thet Josephine's a [F#m]burglar in diguise 
[Ddim7]Big Bad Norman fifteen years on the [F#m]run 
The [Cdim7]sisters disbelieve it "No that [E]can't be Josephine" 
Just [Cdim7]think about her tenderness


e----------------------------------6--7------
b----------------------------------------6---
g-------------------------------1------------
D-----------------------------2--------------
A---------------------------2----------------
E---0-----0---0---0---0---0------------------
  towards the younger nuns 


Verse 2:
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Oh Sister Josephine 
They're searching the chapel where you've been seen 
The nooks and the crannies of the nun's canteen 
After Sister Josephine 


While you sister Josephine 
You sip one farewell benedictine 
Before your Au Revoir 
A right funny nun you are 


Chorus 2:
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Admittedley her hands are big and hairy 
And embelished with a curious tatoo 
Admittedly her voice is on the deep side 
And she seems to shave more often than the other sisters do 


Verse 3:
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Oh Sister Josephine 
Founder of the convent pontoon team 
They're looking through your bundles of rare magazines 
After Sister Josephine 


While you sister Josephine 
You give a goodbye sniff of benzedrine 
To the convent budgerigar 
A bloody funny nun you are 


Chorus 3:
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No longer will her snores ring through the chapel during prayers 
Nor her lustful moanings fill the stilly night 
No more empty bottles of alter wine come clunking from her cell 
No longer will the cloister toilet seat stand upright 


Verse 4:
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Oh Sister Josephine 
Slipping through their fingers like vaseline 
Leaving them to clutch your empty crinoline 
After Sister Josephine 



While you sister Josephine 
Sprinting through the suburbs when last seen 
Dressed only in your wimple and your rosary 
A right funny nun you seem to be.