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            Hey Joe                                    Tempo 84 / Tonart G
(Jimi Hendrix)
[Intro]
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[Part 1]
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Hey Joe, where you're going with that gun in your hand. 
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---- ---- ---- ---- Hey Joe, I said, where you're going 
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with that gun in your hand. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
[Part 2]
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I'm going down to shoot my old lady,   you know, I caught her 
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messing around with another man. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
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I'm going down to shoot my old lady,   you know, I caught her 
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messing around with another man. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
[Part 3]
C   G    D A                      E                              
Hey Joe,   I heard, you shot your woman down, shot her down now. 
                    C   G    D A                          E          
---- ---- ---- ---- Hey Joe,   I heard, you shot your old lady down, 
shot her down to the ground. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
[Part 4]
C      G                D     A                  
Yes, I did, I shot her,   you know, I caught her 
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messing 'round, messing 'round town. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
C      G                D           A                    
Yes, I did, I shot her,   you know, I caught my old lady 
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messing 'round town. ---- ---- ---- ---- 
[Solo 1]
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[Solo 2]
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[Part 5]
C   G    D A                      E                            
Hey Joe,   where you gonna run to now, where you gonna run to. 
                    C   G    D A                   E       
---- ---- ---- ---- Hey Joe,   where you gonna run to now, 
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where you gonna go. Well dig it, I'm going way down South,   
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way down to Mexico way, alright. 
[Part 6]
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I'm going way down South,   way down, where I can be free, 
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ain't no one gonna find me. Ain't no hangman gonna,   
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he ain't gonna put a rope around me, you better believe it right now, 
I gotta go now. 
[Part 7]
C   G    D          A            
Hey Joe, you better run on down. 
[Ending]
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