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Hey Joe

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Beautiful cover of the gorgeously sad Daniel Johnston song.
The rhythm of the guitar is fairly simple to pick up if you listen to the song.
For the A and  F#m in the verse, downstrum, upstrum and
play then a sort of muted strum before switching to the E chord.
It's easy to pick up if you know the song.
 AHey, EJoe
 AC'mon, EJoe
Don't make that F#msad sEong
Any F#msadder than it aElready is
   A   E/    A  E  
  F#m    E/    F#m  E  
 AHey JEack,
 AGet bEack
Get yourF#mself tEogether
F#m    E
    C'mon, C'mon
    A   E/     A  E  
   DI know you're
TEhinking 'bout your
NAervous lauEgh
A   E
   DI know
exEactly what you're
Athinking oEf
A   E
 AHey, ESid
No Amatter what you dEid
It can F#mwork oEut
WF#mork oEut
   DNo mater how you feEel
Right nAowE  
A    E
 AHey, EGeorge
 ADo your cEhores
 F#mDon't feel Esore
F#m      E
   DI know it's a lot moEre
Than just being pAoorE  
A   E
  DThere's a heaven and
  EThere's a star for yAouE  
A   E
  DThere's a heaven and
  EThere's a star for yAouE  
A   E
  DThere's a heaven and
  EThere's a star for yAouE  
  AThere's a Estar for yAouE  
  AThere's a Estar for yAouE  
End on an A
RIP Mark Linkous

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Hey Joe

by Sparklehorse

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F#m

Beautiful cover of the gorgeously sad Daniel Johnston song.

The rhythm of the guitar is fairly simple to pick up if you listen to the song.

For the A and F#m in the verse, downstrum, upstrum and

play then a sort of muted strum before switching to the E chord.

It's easy to pick up if you know the song.

A E

Hey, Joe

A E

C'mon, Joe

F#m E

Don't make that sad song

F#m E

Any sadder than it already is

A E A E

F#m E F#m E

A E

Hey Jack,

A E

Get back

F#m E

Get yourself together

F#m E

C C

'mon, 'mon

A E A E

I know you're

Thinking 'bout your

A E

Nervous laugh

A E

I know

exactly what you're

A E

thinking of

A E

Hey, Sid

A E

No matter what you did

F#m E

It can work out

F#m E

Work out

D E

No mater how you feel

A E

Right now

A E

Hey, George

A E

Do your chores

F#m E

Don't feel sore

F#m E

D E

I know it's a lot more

A E

Than just being poor

A E

There's a heaven and

E A E

There's a star for you

A E

There's a heaven and

E A E

There's a star for you

A E

There's a heaven and

E A E

There's a star for you

A E A E

There's a star for you

A E A E

There's a star for you

End on an A

RIP Mark Linkous

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