Misc Traditional – Cotton-Eyed Joe (Guitar)
Capo 4
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Chords
(Cotton Eyed Joe -- Traditional, Circa 1861 or before)
(This song is public domain, so feel free to use it wherever)
[Verse 1]
G C G Way back yonder a long time ago G D G Daddy worked a man called Cotton-Eyed Joe G C G Blew into town on a travelin' show G D G Nobody danced like the Cotton-Eyed Joe
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 2]
G C G He came to town like a midwinter storm G D G He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong G C G His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun G D G But all he had come for was having some fun
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 3]
G C G Mama's at the window, Mama's at the door G D G She can't see nothin' but the Cotton-Eyed Joe G C G Daddy held the fiddle, I held the bow G D G An' we beat the crud out of Cotton-Eyed Joe
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 4]
G C G Made himself a a fiddle, made himself a bow G D G Made a little tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe G C G Hadn't oughta been for Cotton-Eyed Joe G D G I'd a-been married a long time ago
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 5]
G C G Whenever there's a dance all the women want to go G D G And they all want to dance with the Cotton-Eyed Joe G C G Daddy won't say but I think he knows G D G Whatever happened to Cotton-Eyed Joe
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 6]
G C G He brought disaster wherever he went G C G The hearts of the girls was to Hell, broken, sent G C G They all ran away so nobody would know G C G And left only men 'cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
[Chorus]
G C G If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe G D G I'd been married a long time ago G C G Where did you come from, where did you go? G D G Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
(Thanks to Shane Richards)