Hey Joe

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Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

About Hey Joe

Hey Joe is Hendrix at his best of introducing modern versions of old black blues classic lyrics and themes with his own brand of electric guitar. The Hey Joe Songfacts says: There have been countless versions of "Hey Joe" but the version that inspired Hendrix to record this came from a Folk singer named Tim Rose, who played it in a slow arrangement on his 1967 debut album. Rose was a popular singer/songwriter for a short time in the Greenwich Village scene, but quickly faded into obscurity before a small comeback in the '90s. .

Hey Joe Lyrics

[00:09.15] Hey Joe
[00:12.59] Where you going with that gun in your hand?
[00:20.68] Hey Joe
[00:23.53] I said, where you going with that gun in your hand?
[00:31.96] I'm going down to shoot my old lady
[00:35.20] You know, I caught her messing around with another man
[00:43.47] I'm going down to shoot my old lady
[00:46.98] You know, I caught her messing around with another man
[00:50.91] And that ain't too cool
[00:55.47] Hey Joe
[00:58.90] I heard you shot your woman down
[01:01.15] You shot her down, now
[01:06.94] Hey Joe
[01:10.35] I heard you shot your old lady down
[01:12.67] You shot her down to the ground
[01:16.48] Yeah
[01:18.24] Yes I did, I shot her
[01:21.47] You know, I caught her messing around, messing around town
[01:29.57] Yes I did, I shot her
[01:32.68] You know, I caught my old lady messing around town
[01:36.63] And I gave her the gun
[01:38.43] I shot her!
[01:40.32]
[02:15.28] Hey Joe (said now)
[02:18.86] Where you going to run to now?
[02:21.22] Where you going to run to?
[02:26.87] Hey Joe (I said)
[02:30.12] Where you going to run to now?
[02:32.67] Where you, where you going to go?
[02:36.50] Well, dig it
[02:37.87] I'm going way down south
[02:41.73] Way down to Mexico way
[02:45.86] Alright
[02:49.06] I'm going way down south
[02:52.51] Way down where I can be free
[02:56.19] There's no one going to find me
[03:00.23] Ain't no hangman going to
[03:03.42] He ain't gonna put a rope around me
[03:06.47] You better believe it right now
[03:09.32] I got to go now
[03:11.53] Hey Joe
[03:14.74] You better run on down
[03:18.23] Goodbye everybody, ow!
[03:22.89] Hey Joe, uh
[03:26.79] Run on down
[03:28.19]

From the album: Are You Experienced