Cotton Eyed Joe The Murder Ballad chords by Pawns Or Kings

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm     A minorAm     E minorEm
He came to town like a midwinter storm
A minorAm               E minorEm
Rode through the fields, so handsome and adored
C majorC   A minorAm      E minorEm
He was passin every woman in town,
C majorC    A minorAm          E minorEm
Guess he heard there werent no law around
Am*             E minorEm
said all he come for was for fun

🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm    A minorAm      E minorEm
I loved Eileen since we first met,
A minorAm       E minorEm
And on her lawn torches were set,
C majorC        A minorAm    E minorEm
The sides of his eyes were angel like white,
C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
The kind of blues you can see in the night, ,
Am*              E minorEm
No holsters his smile was his gun

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm
Well if it hadn't been for cotton eyed joe
E minorEm
I'd been married a long time go
C majorC            A minorAm      E minorEm
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
  Am*        B7*         E minorEm
And who you on the run from  cotton eyed joe

🎸 Verse 3:
E minorEm      A minorAm       E minorEm
Now I hadn't seen my love for near a week,
A minorAm         E minorEm
Same amount I didnt see that sneak,
C majorC   A minorAm        E minorEm
Then a bounty man pulled up quick as rain,
C majorC      A minorAm        E minorEm
Asking if I knew a man with a peculiar name,
Am*                  E minorEm
Then he told the truth I just couldnt bear

🎸 Verse 4:
E minorEm     A minorAm      E minorEm
Joe brought disaster wherever he went
A minorAm                E minorEm
The hearts of girls was to Hell, broken, and sent
C majorC      A minorAm        E minorEm
See he had a heart made out of concrete filler,
C majorC     A minorAm     E minorEm
Known out east as the cotton eyed killer,
Am*              E minorEm
And he caught my Eileen in his snare

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm
Well if it hadn't been for cotton eyed joe
E minorEm
I'd been married a long time go
C majorC            A minorAm      E minorEm
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Am*          B7*         E minorEm
And who you on the run from  cotton eyed joe

🎸 Bridge:
C majorC    A minorAm     E minorEm
You can run for as long as you want to
C majorC    A minorAm      E minorEm
You wont rest till the day that you die,
C majorC    A minorAm       E minorEm     BaugBaug
I'll be there in every shadow you come through,
A minorAm               BaugBaug     BB
This mule aint young enough to take us both alive

🎸 Chorus:
A minorAm
Well if it hadn't been for cotton eyed joe
E minorEm
I'd been buried a long time go
C majorC           A minorAm      E minorEm
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
   Am*       B7*         E minorEm
It's me you're on the run from Cotton Eyed Joe