Cotton Eyed Joe

Bob Wills

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                  C
Don't you remember don't you know
G                              C
Daddy worked a man they called Cotton Eyed Joe
G                              D7          G
Daddy worked a man they called Cotton Eyed Joe
                    C
Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe
G                   C
I'da been married a long time ago
G                   D7        G
I'da been married a long time ago

Verse 2

                   C
Down in the cotton patch down below
G                       C
Everybody's singing the Cotton Eyed Joe
G                       D7          G
Everybody's singing the Cotton Eyed Joe
                    C
Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe
G                   C
I'da been married a long time ago
G                   D7        G
I'da been married a long time ago

Verse 3

                 C
I know a gal who lives down below
G                             C
I used to go to see her but I don't no more
G                             D7       G
I used to go to see her but I don't no more
                    C
Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe
G                   C
Id'a been married a long time ago
G                   D7        G
Id'a been married a long time ago

Verse 4

                C
I fell down and stumped my toe
G                     C
Called for the doctor Cotton Eyed Joe
G                     D7          G
Called for the doctor Cotton Eyed Joe
                    C
Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe
G                   C
Id'a been married a long time ago
G                   D7        G
Id'a been married a long time ago

Verse 5

               C
In my fiddling rosin my bow
G                         C
I'm gonna make music everywhere I go
G                             D7          G
Gonna play a tune they called Cotton Eyed Joe
                    C
Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe
G                   C
Id'a been married a long time ago
G                   D7        G
Id'a been married a long time ago