Cifras
Ko-ko Joe

                          Gºahead  
verse 1
A  
Well Up in Appaloosa county
                          D  
There's a place called Ko ko Ridge
                     A                                                              D  
Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River
                          E  
Where the water washed away the bridge
A  
Cotton Mouth Country    (Ko ko Joe)
D  
A river rat's knee high    (Ko ko Joe)
verse 2
A  
Way up around the back border Lived a man
                        D  
That the river folks talked about
                                     A                                                            C  
They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe
                                                             D                      A                                 B  
'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe)
                                                                                  D  
Ko-ko Joe    They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
                          A                                                                      B  
The folks despised him      (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
                                                        D  
Ko-ko Joe    He was an awfully peculiar man
          C  
The river was his only friend
                        D                                                                    E                                         A  
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe)    (Ko ko Joe)
                                                                                  D  
He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw
                     A                                                    D  
That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps
                  E  
On the banks of the Etowah
A                                                                            E  
Made him walk a little funny    (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
A  
Made his breath smell funky    (Ko ko Joe)
verse 4
A  
Well he never come across the river
'Cause the folks didn't like him in town
                                                                                        C  
They said his hair was long    His clothes were dirty
             D                                                            A                                      B  
They didn't want him hangin' around    (Ko ko Joe)
                                                                                  D  
Ko ko Joe    They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
                          E                    A                                            B  
The folks despised him    (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
                                                     D  
Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man
The river was his only friend
                                                                                                E                                         A  
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe)    (Ko ko Joe)
A  
Well it happened a year ago Sunday
And they still talk about it today
                                                                                  D  
How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River
                  E  
Nearly washin' everybody away    Son
          A  
The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes
(Ko ko Joe)    Well the headlines said
                                                                                                     C  
But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River
                  D                      A                                         B  
By the man y'all despised    (Ko ko Joe)
Outro
                                                                                D  
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
                             E                                                 B  
The folks despised him    (Ko ko Joe)
                                             D  
Ko-ko Joe    So be careful what you say my friend
                  C  
About folks you don't understand
          D                                                    E                                    A  
Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe    (Ko ko Joe)
D                                 A                              B  
Gºahead  
                                                                                  D  
Ko-ko Joe    They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
                          A  
The folks despised him