[Intro]
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[Intro]
| E Em7 C#4/E | E
[Strophe]
C   G   D          A               E            E 
Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? 
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 old lady, 
D            A                                      E       E 
  You know I caught her messin’ ‘round with another man,     yeah. 
C                   G 
  I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady 
D            A                                     E 
  You know I caught her messin’ ‘round with another man 
                    E 
Huh! And that ain’t too cool.
[Strophe]
 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 I gave her the gun, 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.
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[Strophe]
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 hangman 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!