The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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 nume...
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Hey Joe, where you going with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe, I said, where you going with that gun in your hand?
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
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!
[Guitar Solo/Bridge]
Hey Joe, alright
Shoot her one more time, baby
[Verse 5]
Hey Joe, 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
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
[Outro]
Hey Joe, you better run on down
Goodbye everybody, ow!
Hey Joe, run on down
Hey Joe was written by Billy Roberts.
Hey Joe was produced by Chas Chandler.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience released Hey Joe on Fri May 12 1967.