Cotton-Eye Joe    (intro)    (midi)    (sample)

 

A

If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe,

 

I'd been married long time ago.

     D

Where did you come from, where did you go ?

      E                                     D                A

Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe ?          (2x)

 

    A - D - E - D - A (2x)    + CHORUS (2x)       A - D - E - D - A (2x)   

 

     A

1. He came to town like a midwinter storm,

          D                                        E                              

    he rode through the fields so handsome and strong.

            A

    His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun,

           D                                     E                   A

    but all he had come for was having some fun.

 

+ CHORUS (2x)        A - D - B7 - E (2x)   

 

     A

2. He brought disaster wherever he went,

             D                                    E                              

    the hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent.

              A

    They all ran away so nobody would know,

            D                                  E                 A

    and left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe.

 

+ CHORUS (2x)         + A - D - E - D - A (4x)       + CHORUS 2x

 

+ A - D - E - D - A (4x)       + CHORUS

 

    (midi=capo 1st) (Rednex)