| A | D | E | D | |
| /++ | /++ | /++ | ++ | 
| A | D | E | |
| /++ | /++ | /+. +. +. +. | 
| F | C | G | |
| - | - Hey Joe | 
| D | E | |
| - Where you going with th | at money in your hand? | 
| F | C | G | |
| - I say | Hey Joe - | 
| D | E | |
| - Where you going with th | at money in your hand? | 
| F | C | G | |
| - I'm going to | see my woman - | 
| I heard | 
| D | E | |
| She | done messed around | with some other man | 
| F | C | G | |
| - You know I'm go | ing downtown - | 
| D | E | |
| - I'm gonna buy me a bl | ue steel fourty four. | 
| F | C | G | |
| - I'm | going downtown - | 
| D | E | |
| - I'm gonna buy me a bl | ue steel fourty four. | 
| F | C | G | |
| - When I | catch up with that girl - | 
| D | E | |
| - She won't be | fooling around | 
| (On) me no more | 
| I say Hey Joe | 
| Where you going with that gun in your hand | 
| I say Hey Joe | 
| Where you going with that gun in your hand | 
| Well, I;m gonna shoot my woman | 
| I heard she done mess around | 
| With some other man | 
| I say Hey Joe, I heard that you shot your old lady down | 
| Hey Joe, I heard that you shot your woman down | 
| He said: Yes I did, 'cos I caught her messin' around - (Allright) | 
| I said Hey Joe | 
| You better lay low man and get out of town | 
| I said Hey Joe | 
| You better lay low man and get out of town | 
| He said: I'm going downtown and I'm gonna buy me a | 
| passport, see, Oh see | 
| Then, I'm going way down Mexico way | 
| Ain't no hangman | 
| Gonna put no noose around me | 
| Just 'cause I shot her | 
| Just 'cause I shot her down | 
| Just 'cos I shot that woman down | 
| Well I'm going down South | 
| Way down Mexico way | 
| Where there ain't no hangman | 
| gonna put no noose around me. | 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
