Sleepy-eyed John Chords
Sleepy-eyed John by Johnny Horton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G#. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo I
INTRO: G Cadd9 G C D
G
Well a way down yonder on the Canyon Creek
C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
D
I tuned my fiddle and rasined my bow
N/C
Play a little tune wherever I go
G C
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yer britches on
G Cadd9 D
Sleepy-eyed John, better tie your shoes
G D
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get yer britches on
C D G
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the Devil gets to you
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Well Sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose
The goose stayed plucked but it couldn't get loose
Said John to the goose if you don't stay still
We'll miss our supper down at Candyville
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Well Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg
The wooden leg was nothin but a little wooden peg
With one shoe off and one shoe on
He could do the double shuffle 'til the cows come home
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Now I got 20 dollars for I built a fence
I took my money and I ain't worked since
Sold my buggy and I sold my plow
Wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now
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Well a over a hickory and down a pine
The raccoon left and the old hound wined
John said sic 'im and the raccoon left
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half
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CHORDS:
G 320033
Cadd9 x32033
C x32010
D xx0232
N/C no chord