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Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix
All-time classics Classic rock
KeyE
Capo—
LevelMedium
Transpose E 0
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Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point
 C#4/ E044000
 Intro E Em7C#4/ E E 
 Verse 1 CHey GJoe, Dwhere you Agoin’ with that Egun of yours?E 
  CHey GJoe, DI said Awhere you goin’ with that Egun in your hand,E 
  CI’m goin’ down to Gshoot my lady,
DAE
  EYou know I caught her messin’ ‘round with a – nother man.
  Yeah, CI’m goin’ down to Gshoot my lady
  DYou know I Acaught her messin’ ‘round with Eanother man
  EHuh! And that ain’t cool.
 Verse 2 CA hey GJoDe, AI heard you shot your Ewoman down,
  You shot her down now,E 
  CA hey GJoDe, AI heard you shot your Eold lady down,
  You shot her down in the ground, EYeah”
  CYes, I Gdid, I shot her,
DAE
  EYou know I caught her messin’ ‘round, messin’ ‘round town,
  Uh, Cyes I Gdid, I shot her.
  DYou Know I Acaught my old Lady messin’ ‘round Etown,
  And have her the Egun,
And I shot her.
 Guitar solo C G D A EAlright, shoot her one more time again baby!
  C G D A EYeah! Dig it.
  C G D A E EOh alright.
 Verse 3 CHey GJoe
  D AWhere you gonna Erun to now, where you gonna go? E 
  CHey GJoe, I said
  D AWhere you gonna Erun to now, where you gonna go? E 
  CI’m goin’ Gway down south,
  D AWay down to EMexico way.E 
  CI’m goin’ Gway down south,
  D AWay down Ewhere I can be free,
  Ain’t Eno one gonna find me.
 Outro CAin’t no Ghang-man gonna,
  DHe ain’t gonna put a Arope around Eme,
  You better believe it Eright now,
I gotta go now,
  CHey GJoe,
  DYou better Arun on Edown
  Goodbye everybody. EOw!
Fade out
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How to play Hey Joe chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix is presented in the key of E. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

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