Hands of Joseph
D
1. When they looked at Joseph's hands.
G D
they said, “They're the hands
of a carpenter,
A
- E - A
they're big and they're
powerful and they're strong.”
D
Oh, they're the hands that
should work in wood,
G Em
and they're the hands that
should work a long day.
D A D
Now, Joseph he did all those
things, but he also learned how to play.
D Bm
He would sing about joy, sing
about pain,
G A D
that the people wished they had.
F#m
How they heard the voice of Jesus,
E
A
when the rolling sea got mad.
D Bm G Em
He's a boat in the harbour, he's safe in that
love,
F#m
D A D
he knows some day he'll be sailing above.
D
2. Now when they looked at Joseph's hands,
G D
they said, “They're the hands
of a stonemason,
A - E - A
well, they're big and they're
powerful and they're strong.
D Bm
They're the hands that should
work with stone,
G Em
and they're the hands that
should work a long day. “
D A D
Now, Joseph, he did all those
things, but he also learned how to play.
D Bm
He would sing about joy, sing
about pain,
G A D
that the people wished they had.
F#m
How they heard the voice of Jesus,
E A
when the rolling sea got mad.
D Bm G Em
He's a boat in the harbour, he's safe in that
love,
F#m D A D
he knows some day he'll be sailing above.
D
3. When they looked at Joseph's hands,
G D
they said, “They're the hands
of a stonemason,
A
- E - A
he’s a musician and a
mason-carpenter. “
D Bm
And he's happy all the time,
G Em
he's still working every day,
D A D
and those old hands of Joseph,
oh how you can play.
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(Ralph McTell)