{title: Hey Joe} {artist: Jimi Hendrix} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 83} {key: E} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [E] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] [A]where you goin' with that [E]gun of your hand? [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] I said: [A]where you goin' with that [E]gun in your hand? [C] I'm goin' down to [G]shoot my old lady [D] you know I [A]caught her messin' 'round with a[E]nother man, yeah [C] I'm goin' down to [G]shoot my old lady [D] you know I [A]caught her messin' 'round with a[E]nother man huh! and that ain't too cool {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] [A] I heard you shot your [E]mamma down, you shot her down now [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] [A] I heard you shot your [E]lady down, you shot her down in the ground, yeah [C] yes, I [G]did, I shot her [D] you know I [A]caught her messin' round, [E]messin' round town [C] yes I [G]did, I shot her, [D] you know I [A]caught my old lady messin' [E]'round town and I gave her the gun, and I shot her {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Instrumental} [C] [G] [D] [A] [E] alright, shoot her one more time again baby! [C] [G] [D] [A] [E] yeah, oh dig it [C] [G] [D] [A] [E] oh alright {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] [A] where you gonna [E]run to now, where you gonna go? [C] hey [G]Joe, [D] [A] I said: where you gonna [E]run to now, where you gonna go? [C] I'm goin' [G]way down south, [D] [A] way down to [E]Mexico way, alright [C] I'm goin' [G]way down south, [D] [A] way down where [E]I can be free ain't no one gonna find me [C] ain't no [G]hang-man gonna, [D] he ain't gonna [A]put a rope a[E]round me you better believe it right now, I gotta go now {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Outtro} [C] [G] [D] [A] [E] hey, Joe, you better run on down, goodbye everybody hey, hey Joe... {end_of_part}