Key: A
Introduction:
album: Sex & Violins(1995)
[Chorus]
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Verse 1]
A
He came to town like a midwinter storm
D A
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
A
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
D E
But all he had come for was having some fun
[Chorus]
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Interlude]
B E
[Verse 2]
A
He brought disaster wherever he went
D A
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
A
They all ran away so nobody would know
D E
And left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
[Chorus]
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
[Interlude]
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
D E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
D E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
D E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
[Chorus]
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
D E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
A
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
D E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...
A
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married long time ago
D
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
E
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?