HEY JOE

as performed by Willy DeVille, Live

Tempo: 127. Intro:

3 times vamp A

A D E D
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1 time vamp B

A D E
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F C G
-  - Hey Joe          
D E
- Where you going with that money in your hand?
F C G
- I say      Hey Joe -    
D E
- Where you going with that 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 going downtown -    
D E
- I'm gonna buy me a blue steel fourty four.

F C G
- I'm going downtown -    
D E
- I'm gonna buy me a blue 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

Same as Intro

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)

Same as Intro, Trumpet solo, but 4 times vamp A + 1 vamp B

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

4 times vamp A, Trumpet solo again

Starts to sing on vamp A, Trumpet continues soloing

2 times:

Well I'm going down South
Way down Mexico way
Where there ain't no hangman
gonna put no noose around me.

4 + 3 times vamp A, then one time vamp B, and cut

C D E A F G

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