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Cotton-Eyed Joe [G]Rednex

Verse 1
G Way back yonder a C long time G ago
G Daddy worked a man called D Cotton-Eyed G Joe
G Blew into town on a C travelin'G show
G Nobody danced like the D Cotton-Eyed G Joe

Chorus
G If it hadn't been for C Cotton-Eye G Joe
G I'd been married a D long time G ago
G Where did you come from, C where did you G go?
G Where did you come from, D Cotton-Eye G Joe?

Verse 2
G He came to town like a C midwinter G storm
G He rode through the fields, so D handsome and G strong
G His eyes was his tools and his C smile was his G gun
G But all he had come for was D having some G fun

Chorus

Verse 3
G Mama's at the window, C Mama's at the G door
G She can't see nothin' but the D Cotton-Eyed G Joe
G Daddy held the fiddle, C I held the G bow
G An' we beat the crud out of D Cotton-Eyed G Joe

Chorus
G If it hadn't been for C Cotton-Eye G Joe
G I'd been married a D long time G ago
G Where did you come from, C where did you G go?
G Where did you come from, D Cotton-Eye G Joe?

Verse 4
G Made himself a a fiddle, C made himself a G bow
G Made a little tune called D Cotton-Eyed G Joe
G Hadn't oughta been for C Cotton-Eyed G Joe
G I'd a-been married a D long time G ago

Chorus

Verse 5
G Whenever there's a dance all the C women want to G go
G And they all want to dance with the D Cotton-Eyed G Joe
G Daddy won't say but I C think he G knows
G Whatever happened to D Cotton-Eyed G Joe

Chorus
G If it hadn't been for C Cotton-Eye G Joe
G I'd been married a D long time G ago
G Where did you come from, C where did you G go?
G Where did you come from, D Cotton-Eye G Joe?

Verse 6
G He brought disaster wherCever he G went
G The hearts of the girls was to C Hell, broken, G sent
G They all ran away so C nobody would G know
G And left only men 'cause of C Cotton-Eye G Joe

Chorus

1 2 3 G 3 C 1 1 1 D