Hey Joe

Chords

Standard

Intro: E  Em7  Db  E
 
Verse:

C   G   D          A               E            E

 Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun of yours?
C     G   D       A                         E                E

  Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand,

C                   G
 
 I'm goin' down to shoot my lady,

D            A                                  E        E

  You know I caught her messin' 'round with a - nother man.

      C                 G

Yeah, I'm goin' down to shoot my lady


D            A                              E
  
You know I caught her messin' 'round with another man


E

Huh! And that ain't cool.

 
Verse:

C       G D A                        E

  A hey Joe,   I heard you shot your woman down,
                     E

You shot her down now,

C        G D A                        E

  A hey Joe,   I heard you shot your old lady down,

                               E

You shot her down in the ground, Yeah”

C         G

  Yes, I did, I shot her,

D             A                          E                  E

  You know I caught her messin' 'round, messin' 'round town,

   C     G

Uh, yes I did, I shot her.

D             A                                 E

  You Know I caught my old Lady messin' 'round town,

                E

And have her the gun,

 
And I shot her.

 
Solo:
  C G D A E

           Alright, shoot her one more time again baby!

  C G D A E

           Yeah! 
Dig it.

  C G D A E E

             Oh alright.

 
Verse:

C    G

Hey Joe

D A                E                               E

  Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?

C    G

Hey Joe, I said

D A                E                               E

  Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?

C          G

I'm goin' way down south,

D A            E          E

  Way down to Mexico way.

C          G

I'm goin' way down south,

D A         E

  Way down where I can be free,

      E

Ain't no one gonna find me.

 
Outro:

 C         G

  Ain't no hang-man gonna,

 D                     A           E

  He ain't gonna put a rope around me,

                      E

You better believe it right now,

 
I gotta go now,

C     G

  Hey Joe,

D            A      E

  You better run on down

                  E

Goodbye everybody.
 Ow!