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Hey Joe

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:21 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./l/leaves/hey_joe.crd

As far as anyone can tell (cf. _Goldmine_ #195), the Leaves were the first
to record this much-covered 60's icon (as 'Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go' in
1965).  The hit version (Mira 222; #31 in July, 1966) presented here is a
subsequent re-recording.  --AWR


                               "Hey Joe"
                            (Billy Roberts)

Intro:

	(guitar, 4X; fuzz guitar and bass enter 2nd time, drums 3rd)

	(A)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-0---0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-|
	-2---2---0-2---0-|-3---2-0---2---0-|
	-2---2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-|
	-2---2---2-2---2-|-3---2-2---2---2-|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|

Post-intro:

	(w/lead guitar, 2X):

	F   C    G   D    A
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	 F     C               G               D           A
	Hey!  Joe!  where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
	I said hey-hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand
	I'm goin' out to find my woman, now, she's been runnin' round with
		some other man
	I said I'm goin' out to find my woman, now, she's been runnin' round
		with some other man

Verse 2:

	Ah-hey-hey Joe, what, oh, what are you gonna do
	Ah-hey-hey Joe, tell me what are you gonna do
	Well I guess I'll shoot my woman, now, that's what I'll do
	Said I guess I'll shoot them both before I'm through

Link:

	 F       C         G       D         A
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v     v
	-----------------|-----------------|---|
	-----------------|-----------------|---|
	-----------------|-----------------|---|
	-----------------|-----------------|---|
	---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-------|-0-|
	-1---------0-1-2-|-3---------2-3-4-|---|

Instrumental break:

	 D                 A
	 / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	 D                 B
	 / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	 E
	 / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

	(E)                A
	 / / / /  / / / /  /

[repeat intro]

Verse 3 [note extra line]:

	Hey, Joe, tell me where are you gonna go
	Ah-hey-hey Joe, I said where are you gonna go
	Well, I guess I'll go down to my place in Mexico
	Said I guess I'll go down to where a man can be free
	And there ain't gonna be no hangman's ropes gonna be put around me

[repeat link]

[repeat intro; end cold on A]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers