Hey Joe
Jimi HendrixVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
C4/[E] 044000
Intro | C4/[E] | [E]
Verse 1 Hey Joe, where you goin with that gun of yours?
Hey Joe, I said where you goin with that gun in your hand,
Im goin down to shoot my lady,
You know I caught her messin round with a nother man.
Yeah, Im goin down to shoot my lady
You know I caught her messin round with another man
Huh! And that aint cool.
Verse 2 A hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down,
You shot her down now,
A hey Joe, I heard you shot your old lady down,
You shot her down in the ground, Yeah
Yes, I did, I shot her,
You know I caught her messin round, messin round town,
Uh, yes I did, I shot her.
You Know I caught my old Lady messin round town,
And have her the gun,
And I shot her.
Guitar solo Alright, shoot her one more time again baby!
Yeah! Dig it.
Oh alright.
Verse 3 Hey Joe
Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?
Hey Joe, I said
Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?
Im goin way down south,
Way down to Mexico way.
Im goin way down south,
Way down where I can be free,
Aint no one gonna find me.
Outro Aint no hang-man gonna,
He aint gonna put a rope around me,
You better believe it right now,
I gotta go now,
Hey Joe,
You better run on down
Goodbye everybody. Ow!
Fade out
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Readable chord sheet for Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix
C
Intro |[E] [Em7] C
Verse 1 [C]Hey [G]Joe,[D] where you [A]goin with that [E]gun of yours?[E]
[C] Hey [G]Joe,[D] I said [A]where you goin with that [E]gun in your hand,[E]
[C] Im goin down to [G]shoot my lady,
[D] [A] [E]
[E] You know I caught her messin round with a nother man.
Yeah, [C]Im goin down to [G]shoot my lady
[D] You know I [A]caught her messin round with [E]another man
[E]Huh! And that aint cool.
Verse 2 [C] A hey [G]Jo[D]e,[A] I heard you shot your [E]woman down,
You shot her down now,[E]
[C] A hey [G]Jo[D]e,[A] I heard you shot your [E]old lady down,
You shot her down in the ground,[E] Yeah
[C] Yes, I [G]did, I shot her,
[D] [A] [E]
[E] You know I caught her messin round, messin round town,
Uh, [C]yes I [G]did, I shot her.
[D] You Know I [A]caught my old Lady messin round [E]town,
And have her the [E]gun,
And I shot her.
Guitar 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 3 [C] Hey [G]Joe
[D] [A] Where you gonna [E]run to now, where you gonna go? [E]
[C] Hey [G]Joe, I said
[D] [A] Where you gonna [E]run to now, where you gonna go? [E]
[C] Im goin [G]way down south,
[D] [A] Way down to [E]Mexico way.[E]
[C] Im goin [G]way down south,
[D] [A] Way down [E]where I can be free,
Aint [E]no one gonna find me.
Outro [C] Aint no [G]hang-man gonna,
[D] He aint gonna put a [A]rope around [E]me,
You better believe it [E]right now,
I gotta go now,
[C] Hey [G]Joe,
[D] You better [A]run on [E]down
Goodbye everybody.[E] Ow!
Fade out