Hey Joe chords by The Offspring

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
C5C5 G5G5
 Hey Joe
 D5D5      A5A5       E5E5     E5E5
Said where you going with that gun in your hand?
C5C5 G5G5
 Hey Joe
 D5D5      A5A5       E5E5     E5E5
Said where you going with that gun in your hand?
  C5C5        G5G5            D5D5
He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down
 A5A5               E5E5      E5E5
I caught her messing around with another man"
  C5C5        G5G5            D5D5
He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down
 A5A5             E5E5       E5E5
You know I caught her messing around on me"

Verse 2:
C5C5  G+G   D5D5
 Hey Joe
A augmentedA             E5E5      E5E5
I heard that you shot your old lady down
C5C5 G+G   D5D5
 Hey Joe
A augmentedA                 E5E5
I heard that you caught your lady fucking some other guy
E5E5
And you shot her down
C5C5     G+G            D5D5
"Well, uh, you know I guess that's true and all
A augmentedA               D5D5
I guess you can say I shot her, yeah!


Interlude:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------12------9/7------12------9\7------12------9\7------12------9\7--|
D MajorD|------12------9/7------12------9\7------12------9\7------12------9\7--|
A augmentedA|------10------7/5------10------7\5------10------7\5------10------7\5--|
E MajorE|-0-00----0-00-----0-00----0000-----0-00----0-00-----0-00----0-00------|


Bridge:
C5C5     G5G5   D5D5      A5A5       E5E5  E5E5
Well yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down
C5C5    G5G5   D5D5      A5A5          E5E5  E5E5
Say yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down to the ground"

Verse 3:
C5C5  G5G5
So, hey Joe
D5D5         A5A5     E5E5  E5E5
Where you going to run to now?
C5C5             G5G5
Said where you gonna go to? Where you gonna run?
D5D5        A5A5  E5E5  E5E5
Where you gonna hide?
    C5C5           G5G5        D5D5
"Well I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey
       A5A5           E5E5  E5E5
No one's gonna put a noose around me
 C5C5           G5G5         D5D5
I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey
     A5A5   E5E5
Where I can be... free, yayayayaya"


Outro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------8-8-8---|
G+G|-9\--------------------------------9-9---------7-7-7---|
D MajorD|-9\--------------------------------9-9---------6-6-6---|
A augmentedA|-7\---------2-3-4-5--------4-5-6-7-7-7---5---5-7-7-7---|
E MajorE|----1-2-3-4--------3-4-5-6-------------7---7-----------|