Sleepy-Eyed John - Johnny Horton - 80 bpm

 
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Well I went down 

yonder on 

Caney 

Creek

 

Whittled out a 

fiddle from my 
D7
wagon 

seat

 
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Tuned my 

fiddle, 

rosined my 

bow

 

Played a little 

tune where 
D7
ever I 
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go

		
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Sleepy-Eyed 

John you 

better get your 

britches on

		

Sleepy-Eyed 

John better 
D7
tie your 

shoe

		
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Sleepy-Eyed 

John you 

better get your 

britches on

		

Try to get to 

heaven before the 
D7
devil gets 
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you

 
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Sleepy-Eyed 

John he 

stole a 

goose

The 

goose he 

flopped but he 
D7
couldn't get 

loose

 
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Said John to the 

goose, if you 

don't be 

still

We'll 

miss our 

supper down at 
D7
Caney 
G
Hill

repeat chorus

 
G
Sleepy-Eyed 

John he had a 

wooden 

leg

 

The leg wasn't 

nothing but a 
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little wooden 

peg

 
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One shoe 

off and 

one shoe 

on

He could 

do the double 

shuffle 'til the 
D7
cows come 
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home

repeat chorus

Well I 
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got twenty 

dollars for to 

build a 

fence

 

Took my 

money and I 
D7
ain't worked since

 
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Sold my 

donkey and I 

sold my 

plow

And I 

wouldn't take a 

dollar for my 
D7
journey 
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now

repeat chorus