Johnny Cash - Joshua Gone Barbados: chords

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Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
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Lot of trouble in Georgetown, three men lying dead
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And Joshua's head of the government, he say strike for better pay
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Cane cutters are striking, Joshua gone away

Chorus:
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Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
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People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell

Sugar mill owner told the strikers, I don't need you to cut my cane
Bring in another bunch of fellows, strike be all in vain
There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear the women bawl
Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all

Chorus:
Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
Poor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go

Get a bunch of tough fellows, bring 'em from Sion Hill
Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, you know somebody'll get killed
And Sonny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man
Walking through the canefield, pistol in his hand

Chorus:
Joshua gone Barbados just like he don't know
People on the island got no place to go

Police giving protection, the new fellows cutting cane
Strikers can't do nothing, strike be all in vain
And Sonny Child he curse the strikers, wave his pistol 'round
They're beating Sonny with a cutlass, beat him to the ground

Chorus:
Joshua gone Barbados he don't care at all
People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell

Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
Sunny Child in the hospital pistol on his bed
I wish I could go to England Trinidad or Curacao
People on the island got no place to go

Chorus:
Joshua gone Barbados staying in a big hotel
People on St Vincent got many sad tales to tell