Of Montreal - Joseph And Alexander

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of montreal – joseph and alexander
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tabbed by : gutturalguitar
tuning : standard

joseph and alexander ( 1997 )
( kevin barnes )

from : “horse and elephant eatery ( no elephants
allowed ) : the singles and songles album” and the
japanese release of “cherry peel”
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Bm7 ( x2023x )
[ ch ] Cmaj7/C# [ /Ch ] ( x42000 )
cm6bb5 ( x33545 )
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joseph and alexander rode their flaming swans

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above miss dovepost and her

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loudmouth niece , who had a fear of geese and who even in a corset

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looked remarkably obese

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joseph and alexander redirect their swans left to take a gander

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at the funnel nosed threes

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in the pekingese trees

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who are normally a nervous sort

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but now seem quite at ease

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joseph and alexander are brothers and best friends

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the wonderful adventures that they share together never end

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be sure to send a smile for me and dave

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to wherever they’re pretending to be

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i hope they keep a journal

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and take lots of photographs

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of all the funny things they see

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joseph and alexander

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approach the nest of the speckled salamander

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who with utmost care is knitting thermal underwear

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she smiles and hollers up

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“these are for my grandchildren to wear . ”

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joseph and alexander feeling tuckered

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now decide to meander

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back into their beds

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and kiss their swans on the head

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but before going to sleepy land

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joseph turned and said

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“agates , i love you . ”

alexander yawned and said

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“joseph , me too , i love you . ”