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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:21 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./l/leaves/hey_joe.crd
As far as anyone can tell (cf. _Goldmine_ #195), the Leaves were the first
to record this much-covered 60's icon (as 'Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go' in
1965). The hit version (Mira 222; #31 in July, 1966) presented here is a
subsequent re-recording. --AWR
"Hey Joe"
(Billy Roberts)
Intro:
(guitar, 4X; fuzz guitar and bass enter 2nd time, drums 3rd)
(A)
v v v v v v v v
-0---0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0---0---0-
-2---2---0-2---0-|-3---2-0---2---0-
-2---2---2-2---2-|-2---2-2---2---2-
-2---2---2-2---2-|-3---2-2---2---2-
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
Post-intro:
(w/lead guitar, 2X):
F C G D A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/leaves/hey_joe_crd.html ]
F C G D A
Hey! Joe! where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
I said hey-hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand
I'm goin' out to find my woman, now, she's been runnin' round with
some other man
I said I'm goin' out to find my woman, now, she's been runnin' round
with some other man
Verse 2:
Ah-hey-hey Joe, what, oh, what are you gonna do
Ah-hey-hey Joe, tell me what are you gonna do
Well I guess I'll shoot my woman, now, that's what I'll do
Said I guess I'll shoot them both before I'm through
Link:
F C G D A
v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|---
-----------------|-----------------|---
---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-------|-0-
-1---------0-1-2-|-3---------2-3-4-|---
Instrumental break:
D A
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D B
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(E) A
/ / / / / / / / /
[repeat intro]
Verse 3 [note extra line]:
Hey, Joe, tell me where are you gonna go
Ah-hey-hey Joe, I said where are you gonna go
Well, I guess I'll go down to my place in Mexico
Said I guess I'll go down to where a man can be free
And there ain't gonna be no hangman's ropes gonna be put around me
[repeat link]
[repeat intro; end cold on A]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
