Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

Artist: Jimi Hendrix

Genre: Pop

Length: 3:30

The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s first single, released in 1966, is the best-known version of the rock standard covered time and again ever since The Leaves recorded it commercially in late 1965 and then re-released it to become a major hit. Authorship of the song has been called into question on numerous occasions over the years, though it remains with Billy Roberts—a folk singer from the early 1960s. This is despite the claim that Chet Powers (Dino Valenti) was the one to pen it down, or Tim ...

Hey Joe lyrics

Hey Joe
Where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe
I said, where you going with that gun in your hand?
I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I caught her messing around with another man
I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I caught her messing around with another man
And that ain't too cool
Hey Joe
I heard you shot your woman down
You shot her down, now
Hey Joe
I heard you shot your old lady down
You shot her down to the ground
Yeah
Yes I did, I shot her
You know, I caught her messing around, messing around town
Yes I did, I shot her
You know, I caught my old lady messing around town
And I gave her the gun
I shot her!
Hey Joe (said now)
Where you going to run to now?
Where you going to run to?
Hey Joe (I said)
Where you going to run to now?
Where you, where you going to go?
Well, dig it
I'm going way down south
Way down to Mexico way
Alright
I'm going way down south
Way down where I can be free
There's no one going to find me
Ain't no hangman going to
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now
I got to go now
Hey Joe
You better run on down
Goodbye everybody, ow!
Hey Joe, uh
Run on down

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