| "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts) [3:23] |
| Recorded at De Lane Lea Music Ltd., Kingsway, London, 23 October 1966. |
| UK release as Polydor 59061 on 16 December 1966 with "Stone Free"; chart 5 January 1967; UK #6. Released in the US with "51st Anniversary." |
| Jimi Hendrix (vocal and guitars), Noel Redding (bass guitar), and Mitch Mitchell (drums) with backing vocals by The Breakaways: Vicki Haseman-Brown, Margo Quantrell, and Barbara Brown. |
| Produced by Chas Chandler. |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 1967. Are You Experienced? London: Reprise. [6261-2] [Track 613 001] |
| Notes and Quotes |
| Section | Meas. | Description | Text |
| Introduction | 5 | Solo guitar introduction, add drums and bass. | — |
| Question | 8 + 8 | Solo vocal over backing track. (2nd guitar quietly chops.) | a |
| Answer | 8 + 8 | As above. Melody pitched higher. | b |
| Question | 8 + 8 | As in question above, but add sustaining chorus. | c |
| Answer | 8 + 8 | As above answer above. | d |
| 8 + 8 | Guitar solo from 2nd guitar. | — | |
| 8 | Bass and guitar unison transition. | — | |
| Question | 8 + 8 | As in Questions above. | e |
| Answer | 8 + 8 | As in Answers above. | f |
| Answer | 8 | As above, but increasingly passionate. | g |
| Exeunt | 8+ | Repeat and fade. | h |
| Text | |
| Hey Joe, [a] where you goin' with that gun in your hand? (2x) | a |
| I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady, you know I caught her messin' round with another man. (2x) And that ain't too cool. | b |
| Hey Joe,
I heard you shot your woman down, you shot her down, now. Hey Joe, I heard you shot you lady down, shot her down to the ground. |
c |
| Yes,
I did, I shot her. You know I caught her messin' round, messin' round
town. Yes, I did, I shot her. You know I caught my old lady messin' round town. And I gave her the gun. I shot her. |
d |
| Hey Joe,
where you gonna run to now? Where you gonna run to? Hey Joe, where you gonna run to now? Where you , where you gonna go? |
e |
| Well
dig, I'm goin' way down south, way down to Mexico way. All right. I'm goin' way down south, way down where I can be free, ain't no bullet gonna flash. |
f |
| Ain't no hangman gonna, he aint' gonna put a rope around me. You better believe me right now. I gotta go now. | g |
| Hey Joe, you better run on down. Good bye everybody. Hey Joe . . . . | h |
| Hendrix Experience | Schedule | Transatlantic Psychedelic Blues |
| 28-apr-15 | ||