Hey Joe

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Intro
5 -4 5 -4 -5 5 -4 5      5 -4 5 -4 -5 5 -4 5
Vocal
 6  -5   -5   -5  -5    -5   -5   5   5   5   -4
HEY JOE where ya goin` with that gun in your hand
 6   -5   5  5    -5   -5  -5    -5   -5   5
HEY JOE (I said) where ya goin` with that gun
 5  4    -4
in your hand
 6   6 6    6   6   6    6  -5 -5-5    -5    -5
I`m goin` down to shoot my old lady   she`s been
 -5-5      -5    5    5   5-4  -4
messin` `round with some other man
6   6    6 6 6     6   6   6    6 -5  -5-5  -5
I said I`m goin` down to shoot my old lady she`s
 -5   -5-5     -5     5    5   5-4  -4
been messin` `round with some other man
 6  -5 -5   -5  -5   -5   6    4   4 4  -4
HEY JOE I heard you shot your old lady down
 6  -5 -5   -5  -5   -5   6    4   4 4  -4
HEY JOE I heard you shot your old lady down
 6  6  6  6  -5  -5  -5 -5  -5   5   4  -4
Yes I did I shot her I shot her way on down
 6  6  6  6  -5  -5  -5  5   5   -4
Yes I did I shot her I shot her down
 6   -5   -5   -5 -5 6   4   4 -4
HEY JOE where you gonna run to now
 6   -5   -5  -5  -5 6   4   4 -4
HEY JOE WHERE you gonna run to now
 6   6 6  6   -5   -5   -5   -5  -5 5 4  -4
I`m goin`way down south way down Mexico way
 6    6   6 6  -5   -5  -5  5   5   5  -4
Well I`m goin down where a man can be free
 -4   6    6     6 6  -5 -5  -5 -5     -5   -5-5
and there ain`t gonna be no hangman`s ropes gonna
 -5  5   5 5   -4
 be put around me

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