Sleepy0eyed John

	  		

Intro: F C F 

#1  
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Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek, 
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I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat  
  F 
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow   
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play a little tune wherever I go  


F 
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on  
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Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe  
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on  
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you  


INTERLUDE: F C F  F C F 

#2  
F 
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose  
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The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose  
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Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still, 
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we'll miss our supper down in Candyville " 


F 
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on  
                        C 
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe  
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on  
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you  


INTERLUDE: F C F  F C F 

#3  
F 
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg  
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The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg  
     F 
With one shoe off and one shoe on  he could do the  
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double-shuffle til the cows come home  


F 
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on  
                        C 
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe  
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on  
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you 
 


INTERLUDE: F C F  F C F 

#4  
F 
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence  
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I took my money and I ain't worked since  
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I sold my buggy and I sold my plow  
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I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now  


F 
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on  
                        C 
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe  
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on  
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you  



INTERLUDE: F C F  F C F 

#5  
F 
Over the hickory and down the pine   
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the racoon left and the old hound whined  
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John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left  
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They crossed Green River in a minute and a half  

F 
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on  
                        C         
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe  
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Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on  
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Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you  


OUTRO: 

F C F  F C F (x2)(Fade ) 


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