Tuning: E A D G B E

Ko Ko Joe Jerry Reed Intro A (Ko Ko Joe) (Ko Ko Joe) Son (Ko Ko Joe) Go ahead home (Ko ko Joe) Verse 1

^AWell Up in Appaloosa county There's a ^Dplace called Ko ko Ridge Sittin' ^Aright on the bend Of the ^DEtowah River Where the ^Ewater washed away the bridge ^ACotton Mouth Country (Ko ko Joe) ^DA river rat's knee high (Ko ko Joe)

Verse 2

^AWay up around the back border Lived a man That the ^Driver folks talked about They said you ^Abetter stay away from a ^CKo ko Joe 'Cause he's cause he's ^Dcrazy no '^Acount (Ko ko J^Boe)

Chorus 1

Ko-ko Joe They called him the ^DEtowah River swamp rat The folks ^Adespised him (Ko ko Ko Ko ^BJoe) Ko-ko Joe He was an ^Dawfully peculiar man The ^Criver was his only friend And the f^Dolks didn't understand The ^Eman called Ko ko ^AJoe

(Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe) Verse 3 He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes

He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo ^DClaw That he ^Abeat outa roots from ^Dold dead stumps On the ^Ebanks of the Etowah ^AMade him walk a little funny ^E(Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) ^AMade his breath smell funky (Ko ko Joe)

Verse 4

^AWell he never come across the river 'Cause the folks didn't like him in town They said his hair was long His ^Cclothes were dirty They ^Ddidn't want him hangin' ^Aaround (Ko ko J^Boe)

Chorus 2

Ko ko Joe They called him the ^DEtowah River swamp rat The folks ^Edespised ^Ahim (Ko ko Ko Ko ^BJoe) Ko ko Joe He was an ^Dawfully peculiar man

The river was his only friend

And the folks didn't understand The ^Eman called Ko ko ^AJoe (Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe)

Verse 5

^AWell it happened a year ago Sunday And they still talk about it today How the dam broke loose On the ^DEtowah River Nearly ^Ewashin' everybody away Son The ^Ariver water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes

(Ko ko Joe) Well the headlines said How a mother said my son woulda' lost his life

But he was pulled from the mud in the ^CEtowah River By the ^Dman y'all ^Adespised (Ko ko ^BJoe)

Outro

Ko-ko Joe They called him the ^DEtowah River swamp rat The folks d^Eespised him (Ko ko ^BJoe) Ko-ko Joe So be ^Dcareful what you say my friend About f^Colks you don't understand Some^Dday you might need a ^Eman like Ko ko ^AJoe (Ko ko Joe) ^DGo ahead home ^Ason (Ko ko ^BJoe) Ko-ko Joe They called him the ^DEtowah River swamp rat The folks ^Adespised him

flyinglibra51 God Bless Glen Travis Campbell

Jerry Reed - Ko-ko joe