[C] Hey [G] Joe, [D]  where [A] you're going with that [E] gun in your hand.
[C] Hey [G] Joe, [D] I said, [A] where you're going with that gun [E] in your hand. 

|: [C] I'm going down to [G] shoot my old lady, [D] you know,
 I [A] caught her messing around with ano [E] ther man. :|

[C] Hey [G] Joe,  [D] [A] I heard, you shot your  [E] woman down, shot her down now. 
[C] Hey [G] Joe,  [D] [A] I heard, you shot your old [E] lady down, 
   shot her down to the ground. 

[C] Yes, I [G] did, I shot her, [D] you [A] know, 
   I caught her messing 'round, E messing 'round town. 
[C] Yes, I [G] did, I shot her, [D] you [A] know, 
   I caught my old lady messing [E] 'round town. 
    Solo 1 [C] [G]  [D]  [A]  [E]  [C] [G]  [D]  [A]  [E]                                       
    Solo 2 [C] [G]  [D]  [A]  [E]                   
[C] Hey [G] Joe, [D] [A] where you gonna run to [E] now, where you gonna run to. 
[C] Hey [G] Joe, [D] [A] where you gonna run [E] to now, where you gonna go. 
[C] Well dig it,  [G] I'm going way down South, [D]  [A] way down 
 to [E] Mexico  way, alright. 

[C] I 'm going way [G] down South, [D] [A] way down, where [E] I can be free, 
ain't no one gonna find me. 
[C] [A]in't no [G] hangman gonna, [D]  he ain't [A] gonna  put a rope around [E] me, 
you better believe it right now, 
I gotta go now. 

[C] Hey [G] Joe, [D] you better  [A] run on down. 
[E]
