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Song title: Hey Joe

(Williams Roberts) by Jimi Hendrix

Hey Joe - Bruce version

Hey Joe
Uh, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe
I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Alright

I'm goin' down to shot my old lady
You know, I caught her messin' around with another man, yeah
I'm goin' down to shot my old lady
You know I caught her messin' around with another man
Huh, and that ain't too cool

Uh, Hey Joe
I heard you shot your woman down, you shot her down, now
Hey Joe
I said 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 messin' round, messin' round town
Uh-yes I did, I shot her
You know, I caught my old lady messin' around town
And I gave her the gun
I shot her

Woo
Ah...Hey Joe, alright
Shot her one more time again, baby

Yeah
Ah, dig it
Ah
Ah, ... Ooo, alright

Hey Joe, said now
Uh-where you gonna run to now?
Where you gonna run to?
Hey Joe, I said
Where you gonna run to now?
Where you, where you gonna go?
Well, dig it!

I'm goin' way down south
Way down to Mexico way
Alright!
I'm goin' way down south
Way down where I can be free
Ain't no one gonna find me

Ain't no hangman gonna
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now! I gotta go now
Hey, hey Joe
You better run on down
Goodbye everybody
Hey, hey-hey Joe, uhh
Run on down!

Notes: One of the many covers played live in the early years, around 1967


Hey Joe - Original version

Hey Joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand?
Hey Joe, where you goin' with that money in your hand?
Chasin' my woman, she run off with another man

Goin' downtown, buy me a Forty Four
Goin' downtown, buy me a Forty Four
When I get through that woman won't run no more

Hey Joe, what are you gonna do?
Hey Joe, what are you gonna do?
Take my pistol, and kill her before I'm through

Hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman dead
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman dead
Yes I did, got both of them lying in that bed

Hey Joe, where do you think you'll go?
Hey Joe, do you think you'll go?
Leaving here think I'll go to Mexico

Yes I'm going, going where a man can be free
Yes I'm going, going where a man can be free
'cause ain't no hangman puttin' no noose on me

Notes: This is the original version by Williams Roberts.


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This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 30/09/1967 The Left Foot, Freehold,NJ ,USA during the Castiles period

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Unique known live performance: 30/09/1967 The Left Foot, Freehold,NJ ,USA

Song 'history':

During the early years (1965-1972), played live (at least) 1 time(s) with the Castiles. .
Keep in mind that only a small amount of the setlists of these years has surfaced, so it may have been played a lot more.

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