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Hey Joe Chords by The Offspring

Hey Joe chords by The Offspring

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
C5 G5
 Hey Joe
 D5      A5       E5     E5
Said where you going with that gun in your hand?
C5 G5
 Hey Joe
 D5      A5       E5     E5
Said where you going with that gun in your hand?
  C5        G5            D5
He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down
 A5               E5      E5
I caught her messing around with another man"
  C5        G5            D5
He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down
 A5             E5       E5
You know I caught her messing around on me"
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Verse 2:
C5  G   D5
 Hey Joe
A             E5      E5
I heard that you shot your old lady down
C5 G   D5
 Hey Joe
A                 E5
I heard that you caught your lady fucking some other guy
E5
And you shot her down
C5     G            D5
"Well, uh, you know I guess that's true and all
A               D5
I guess you can say I shot her, yeah!


Interlude:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12------9/7------12------9\7------12------9\7------12------9\7--|
D|------12------9/7------12------9\7------12------9\7------12------9\7--|
A|------10------7/5------10------7\5------10------7\5------10------7\5--|
E|-0-00----0-00-----0-00----0000-----0-00----0-00-----0-00----0-00------|


Bridge:
C5     G5   D5      A5       E5  E5
Well yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down
C5    G5   D5      A5          E5  E5
Say yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down to the ground"


Verse 3:
C5  G5
So, hey Joe
D5         A5     E5  E5
Where you going to run to now?
C5             G5
Said where you gonna go to? Where you gonna run?
D5        A5  E5  E5
Where you gonna hide?
    C5           G5        D5
"Well I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey
       A5           E5  E5
No one's gonna put a noose around me
 C5           G5         D5
I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey
     A5   E5
Where I can be... free, yayayayaya"


Outro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------8-8-8---|
G|-9\--------------------------------9-9---------7-7-7---|
D|-9\--------------------------------9-9---------6-6-6---|
A|-7\---------2-3-4-5--------4-5-6-7-7-7---5---5-7-7-7---|
E|----1-2-3-4--------3-4-5-6-------------7---7-----------|

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