| A | D | E | D | |
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| 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. |