Chords with lyrics
Sleepy-eyed John:Johnny Horton.
9 Country
on COLUMBIA Records in 1960.
INTRO: FF C majorC FF
#1.
FF
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
C majorC
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
FF
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
C majorC FF
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C majorC
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
FF C majorC FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
FF C majorC FF
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC F..F C majorC FF
#2.
FF
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
C majorC
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
FF
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
C majorC FF
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C majorC
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
FF C majorC FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
FF C majorC FF
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC F..F C majorC FF
#3.
FF
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
C majorC
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
FF
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
C majorC FF
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C majorC
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
FF C majorC FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
FF C majorC FF
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC F..F C majorC FF
#4.
FF
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
C majorC
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
FF
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
FF C majorC FF
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C majorC
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
FF C majorC FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
FF C majorC FF
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC F..F C majorC FF
#5.
FF
Over the hickory and down the pine..
C majorC
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
FF
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
FF C majorC FF
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
C majorC
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
FF C majorC FF
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
FF C majorC FF
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO:
FF C majorC F..F C majorC FF (x2)(Fade.)
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.