Standard (EADGBE)

Chorus

ease me down josephine

 got something that makes me want to stay

you know id never lead you blind or astray

just ease me down my sweet josephine

take me out in the yard

 and lay me down half past eight

 go to the gardens through that bright colored gate

just ease your body next to mine

Chorus

its cigarettes and whiskey at dawn

and apples and oranges at noon

 yes its summertime in the city and we'll be leaving soon

 im going to carolina to rest my bones