Johnny Horton – Sleepy-Eyed John (Guitar)

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#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country on COLUMBIA Records in 1960 INTRO: F C F #1.
F
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,

                               C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.

  F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..

                   C         F
play a little tune wherever I go.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.

                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.

F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.

F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F #2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.

                              C
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.

      F
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,

                              C    F
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.

                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.

F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.

F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F #3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.

                                 C
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.

     F
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the 

                       C         F
double-shuffle til the cows come home.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.

                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.

F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.

F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F #4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.

                      C
I took my money and I ain't worked since.

  F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.

F                               C       F
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.

                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.

F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.

F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
INTERLUDE: F C F F C F #5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..

                        C
the racoon left and the old hound whined.

F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.

F                             C            F
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.

                        C        
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.

F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.

F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.
OUTRO: F C F F C F (x2) (Fade) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.