Ko-ko Joe

	  		
Intro: A             
          (Ko Ko Joe)    (Ko Ko Joe)   Son  (Ko Ko Joe) 

          Go ahead home   (Ko ko Joe) 

verse 1 

A      
Well Up in Appaloosa county  
          D               
There's a place called Ko ko Ridge 
        A                        D 
Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River 
          E 
Where the water washed away the bridge 
A 
Cotton Mouth Country  (Ko ko Joe) 
D 
A river rat's knee high  (Ko ko Joe) 

verse 2 

A                                                               
Way up around the back border Lived a man  
         D 
That the river folks talked about 
              A                       C 
They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe  
                       D         A             B 
'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe) 

                               D 
Ko-ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 
          A                           B 
The folks despised him   (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) 
                     D 
Ko-ko Joe  He was an awfully peculiar man 
    C 
The river was his only friend 
         D                          E                A 
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe 


(Ko ko Joe)  (Ko ko Joe) 

verse 3 


He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes 
                               D 
He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw 
        A                    D 
That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps  
       E 
On the banks of the Etowah 
A                             E 
Made him walk a little funny  (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) 
A 
Made his breath smell funky  (Ko ko Joe) 

verse 4 

A 
Well he never come across the river  

'Cause the folks didn't like him in town 
                                 C 
They said his hair was long  His clothes were dirty  
     D                       A               B 
They didn't want him hangin' around  (Ko ko Joe) 

                               D 
Ko ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat  
          E        A                 B 
The folks despised him  (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) 
                    D 
Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man 

The river was his only friend 
                                    E                A 
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe 


(Ko ko Joe)  (Ko ko Joe) 

Verse 5 

A 
Well it happened a year ago Sunday  

And they still talk about it today  
                               D 
How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River 
       E 
Nearly washin' everybody away  Son 
    A 
The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes  

(Ko ko Joe)  Well the headlines said  

How a mother said my son woulda' lost his life 
                                      C 
But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River 
       D         A                B 
By the man y'all despised  (Ko ko Joe) 

Outro 

                              D 
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat 
           E                   B 
The folks despised him  (Ko ko Joe) 
                 D 
Ko-ko Joe  So be careful what you say my friend 
       C 
About folks you don't understand 
    D                    E              A 
Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe  (Ko ko Joe)   
D             A            B 
Go ahead home son   (Ko ko Joe) 
                               D 
Ko-ko Joe  They called him the Etowah River swamp rat  
          A 
The folks despised him