Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

(Cotton Eyed Joe -- Traditional, Circa 1861 or before) (Capo 4) (This song is public domain, so feel free to use it wherever) [Verse 1]

^GWay back yonder a ^Clong time ^Gago ^GDaddy worked a man called ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe ^GBlew into town on a ^Ctravelin' ^Gshow ^GNobody danced like the ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

[Verse 2]

^GHe came to town like a ^Cmidwinter ^Gstorm ^GHe rode through the fields, so ^Dhandsome and ^Gstrong ^GHis eyes was his tools and his ^Csmile was his ^Ggun ^GBut all he had come for was ^Dhaving some ^Gfun

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

[Verse 3]

^GMama's at the window, ^CMama's at the ^Gdoor ^GShe can't see nothin' but the ^CCotton-Eyed ^GJoe ^GDaddy held the fiddle, ^CI held the ^Gbow ^GAn' we beat the crud out of ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

[Verse 4]

^GMade himself a a fiddle, ^Cmade himself a ^Gbow ^GMade a little tune called ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe ^GHadn't oughta been for ^CCotton-Eyed ^GJoe ^GI'd a-been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

[Verse 5]

^GWhenever there's a dance all the ^Cwomen want to ^Ggo ^GAnd they all want to dance with the ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe ^GDaddy won't say but I ^Cthink he ^Gknows ^GWhatever happened to ^DCotton-Eyed ^GJoe

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

[Verse 6]

^GHe brought disaster wher^Cever he ^Gwent ^GThe hearts of the girls was to ^CHell, broken, ^Gsent ^GThey all ran away so ^Cnobody would ^Gknow ^GAnd left only men 'cause of ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe

[Chorus]

^GIf it hadn't been for ^CCotton-Eye ^GJoe ^GI'd been married a ^Dlong time ^Gago ^GWhere did you come from, ^Cwhere did you ^Ggo? ^GWhere did you come from, ^DCotton-Eye ^GJoe?

(Thanks to Shane Richards) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC95V4m1g7A)

Misc Traditional - Cotton-eyed joe