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
[A] [D]
[B] [E]
[A] [D]
[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?
