JOE Fred J. Eaglesmith Instrumental Intro. = 3rd & 4th lines of verse. C F C Up on the Newport Ridge, it's there that I lived, C G With my husband, Joe, and a couple of kids. C F C He worked the factory by day and the fields by night, C G C 'Til they closed them both a year ago July. Chorus: C G F C They came to take it all away without a how do you do. C G The Sheriff just walked in one day and said "Now, Joe, you're through." C F C Joe just caved in, he took the kids and he went, C G C But he left his gun and they'd better not come again. Joe sends some money, and sometimes he sends his love, With a why don't you and what is done is done. Me and Joe weren't much, but we was what we was, And when times got tough, you know, that seemed enough. (Chorus) But sometimes at twilight I sit with my pipe And look down the lane as the cars go slowly by. Even people I know, they don't come in to say hello To the crazy woman living out on the line. (Chorus)