Intro: F C F #1 F Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek, C I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat F I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow C F play a little tune wherever I goINTERLUDE: F C F F C F #2 F Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose C The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose F Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still, C F 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 F C F Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on F C F Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to youINTERLUDE: F C F F C F #3 F Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg C The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg F With one shoe off and one shoe on he could do the C F double-shuffle til the cows come homeF Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on C Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe F C F Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on F C F Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to youINTERLUDE: F C F F C F #4 F Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence C I took my money and I ain't worked since F I sold my buggy and I sold my plow F C F I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey nowF Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on C Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe F C F Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on F C F Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to youINTERLUDE: F C F F C F #5 F Over the hickory and down the pine C the racoon left and the old hound whined F John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left F C F They crossed Green River in a minute and a halfF Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on C Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe F C F Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on F C F Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to youOUTRO: F C F F C F (x2)(Fade ) A sixties smash from KraziekhatF Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on C Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe F C F Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on F C F Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you