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Cotton-Eyed Joe

Traditional

Verse:
G	-               C	G	D               G
G	-               C	G	D               G
Chorus:
G	-	-	D               G
G	-	-	D               G     (repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe,  I'd been a married long time ago.
Were did you come from,  Where did you go,  Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?

 

Chorus:

Cotton Eye Joe, Cotton Eye Joe, Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe.
Where dya' come from,  Where dya' go,  Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

Click here for 5-String Banjo Melody Tab

 

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