Hey Joe

[Verse 1]

Hey Joe

Said where you going with that gun in your hand?

Hey Joe

Said where you going with that gun in your hand?

He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down

I caught her messing around with another man"

He said "I'm going to shoot my old lady down

You know I caught her messing around on me"

[Verse 2]

Hey Joe

I heard that you shot your old lady down

Hey Joe

I heard that you caught your lady fucking some other guy

And you shot her down

"Well, uh, you know I guess that's true and all

I guess you can say I shot her, yeah!

Well yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down

Say yes I did, I said I did, I shot her down to the ground"

[Outro]

So, hey Joe

Where you going to run to now?

Said where you gonna go to? Where you gonna run?

Where you gonna hide?

"Well I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey

No one's gonna put a noose around me

I said I'm going way down south to Mexico, hey

Where I can be free, yayayayaya"

[Guitar Solo]