{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1613309,"song":"Sleepy-Eyed John","artist":"Johnny Horton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11323619-sleepy-eyed-john-chords-by-johnny-horton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1613309?type=chord","rating":4.91333,"votes":5,"content":"Sleepy-eyed John: Johnny Horton\r\n#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country on COLUMBIA Records in 1960\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, way down yonder on Candy Creek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nplay a little tune wherever I go.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, John to the goose, \"If you don't be still,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwe'll miss our supper down in Candyville.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\ndouble-shuffle til the cows come home.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI took my money and I ain't worked since.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI sold my buggy and I sold my plow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOver the hickory and down the pine..[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe racoon left and the old hound whined.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nJohn said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey crossed Green River in a minute and a half.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nSleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] (x2) (Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Sleepy-eyed John: Johnny Horton\n#54 on BB Hot 100 and #9 Country on COLUMBIA Records in 1960\n\nINTRO:\nF C F\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nF C F  F C F\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nF C F  F C F\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nF C F  F C F\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nF C F  F C F\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\nF C F  F C F (x2) (Fade)\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["F","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}