[Intro]
| [E] [Em7] [C#4/E] | [E]
 
 
[Verse 1]
[C]   [G]   [D]          [A]               [E]            [E]
Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand?
[C]     [G]   [D]       [A]                         [E]                [E]
  Hey Joe, I said where you goin’ with that gun in your hand,
[C]                   [G]
  I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady,
[D]            [A]                                      [E]       [E]
  You know I caught her messin’ ‘round with another man,     yeah.
[C]                   [G]
  I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady
[D]            [A]                                     [E]
  You know I caught her messin’ ‘round with another man
                    [E]
Huh! And that ain’t too cool.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 [C]       [G] [D] [A]                        [E]
A hey Joe,   I heard you shot your woman down,
                      [E]
You shot her down now,
[C]        [G] [D] [A]                        [E]
   A hey Joe,   I heard you shot your old lady down,
                                [E]
You shot her down in the ground, Yeah”
[C]         [G]
   Yes, I did, I shot her,
[D]             [A]                          [E]                  [E]
   You know I caught her messin’ ‘round, messin’ ‘round town,
    [C]     [G]
Uh, yes I did, I shot her.
[D]             [A]                                 [E]
   You know I caught my old lady messin’ ‘round town,
                   [E]
And I gave her the gun, I shot her.
 
 
[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]    [G]
   Hey Joe
[D] [A]                    [E]                               [E]
   Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna run to?
[C]    [G]
 Hey Joe, I said
[D] [A]                [E]                               [E]
   Where you gonna run to now, where you gonna go?
[C]          [G]
 I’m goin’ way down south,
[D] [A]            [E]          [E]
   Way down to Mexico way.
[C]          [G]
 I’m goin’ way down south,
[D] [A]         [E]
   Way down where I can be free,
      [E]
Ain’t no one gonna find me.
 
 
[Outro]
[C]         [G]
 Ain’t no hangman gonna,
[D]                     [A]           [E]
 He ain’t gonna put a rope around me,
                      [E]
You better believe it right now,
 
I gotta go now,
[C]     [G]
  Hey Joe,
[D]            [A]      [E]
  You better run on down
                  [E]
Goodbye everybody. Ow!