Run Joe Chords by Maya Angelou

[G] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ Loey, [Gb] loey, loey, [D] loey, [G] loey, poor [Gm] Joey, [Bbm] Joey, [C] Joey, [Gm]
Joey
Moe and [Eb] Joe run [D] the candy [Gm] store Telling [C] [Gm] fortunes behind the door
The cops grabbed Moe [A] and as Joe [D] ran [Gm] out Brother Moe, he began to shout
Run Joe!
[A] Hey, the man's at the [Bb] door Run Joe!
The [A] man, he won't let [Bb] me go Run Joe!
Run [F] Joe!
As fast as [Gm] you can run Joe!
This police holding me hand
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Loey, [Bbm] loey, loey, [Gm] loey, loey
Hide the crystal [Eb] ball by [Gm] the fence So they won't find the evidence
Get somebody to tell a lie So I'll have me an alibi
Hurry home and get in your bed Call your doctor and tie your head
Get somebody to go my bail Don't want to stay in that rotten jail
Run Joe!
While [F] the man's [Bb] at the door Run Joe!
The man, [F] he won't let [Bb] me go Run Joe!
Run Joe!
As [F] fast as [Bb] you can run Joe!
This [A] people's [Gm] holding me hand _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey, Joey
[Bb] When they [A] take me [D] before the [Gm] Sarge I am [C] going to [Gm] deny the charge
When the [Eb] judge asks [D] me how [Gm] I plead Not guilty, judge, most decidedly
You [A] can't see [D] judge at a [Gm] glance I'm just the victim of circumstance
Run Joe!
While the [F] man's at [Bb] the door Run Joe!
The [F] man, he won't let [Bb] me go Run Joe!
Run [F] Joe!
As fast as [Bb] you can run Joe!
This police holding me [Gm] hand _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ain't your mama done told you?
Ain't she done scold you, and scold you?
Ain't she done warned you before you?
If they catch you, you run Joe!
Run Joe!
[Bb] Run Joe!
[F] Run Joe!
[Bb] Run Joe!
[A] Oh, [Gm] _
does police gonna [B] catch another [Bb] [F] Joe? _
Joe, run [Bb] too slow _ _ _