Cotton Eyed Joe The Murder Ballad chords by Pawns Or Kings

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

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

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

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

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

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

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

🎸 Bridge:
C       Am         Em
You can run for as long as you want to
C        Am            Em
You wont rest till the day that you die,
C       Am             Em         Baug
I'll be there in every shadow you come through,
Am                             Baug         B
This mule aint young enough to take us both alive

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