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Hey Joe

A never ending project about one of the best Blues-Rock songs ever: Hey Joe, probably written by William Moses „Billy“ Roberts jr. Beginning with James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix (27. November 1942 - 18. September 1970), I will publish any different version I can get. Please publish your suggestions (please name artist & album!) in the comment-section.

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The lyrics you can get here:


Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand
Hey Joe, I said where you goin' with that gun in your hand

I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I've caught her messin' around with another man
I'm going down to shoot my old lady
You know, I've caught her messin' around with another man
And that ain't too cool

Hey Joe, I've heard you shot your woman down,
shot her down, now
I said I've heard you shot your old lady down,
You shot her down to the ground

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' around town
And I gave her the gun
I SHOT HER!

Hey Joe, alright
Shoot her one more time, baby

Hey Joe, said now
Where you gonna run to now?
Where you gonna run to?
Hey Joe, I said where you gonna run to now?
Where you, where you gonna go?
Well, dig it

I'm goin' way down south,
Way down to Mexico way
Alright!
I'm goin' way down south,
Way down where I can be free
Ain't no one gonna find me

Ain't no hangman gonna,
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now
I gotta go now
Hey Joe, you better run on down
Good by everybody
Hey Joe, uhh
Run on down




Download a list of all 174 Hey Joe covers in alphabetical order here:

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Rambo Amadeus - Hocemo Gusle! - 10 - Covek Sam, Zeno



Johnny Rivers - Realization - 01 - Hey Joe



Francesco Di Giacomo feat. Sam Moore - Banco D'accusa - 01 - Hey Joe



The Cryan' Shames - Sugar & Spice - 07 - Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)



Jeff Cooper & The Stoned Wings - Tribute To Jimi Hendrix - 01 - Hey Joe



Julian Sas - Gastroblues Festival Hungary 10-Jul-2004 - 09 - Hey Joe



The Veldmann Brothers feat. Philip - Live At Jimmy Hendrix Tribute 40th Anniversary Memorial - 00 - Hey Joe



The Sisters Of Mercy - Live @ University, Manchester, UK 13-10-1984 - 15 - Hey Joe



Bill Perry Blues Band - The Turning Point Cafe - 02 - Hey Joe



The Blues Vision - Counting Sheep - 11 - Hey Joe



Otis Taylor - Hey Joe Opus Red Meat - 01 - Hey Joe



Otis Taylor - Hey Joe Opus Red Meat - 07 - Hey Joe



Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Hammersmith, London, November 3, 1995 - 21 - Hey Joe



Charlotte Gainsbourg - Hey Joe - 01 - Hey Joe


Charlotte Gainsbourg - Hey Joe - 02 - Hey Joe (Sebastian Remix)



Johnny Halliday - On Stage - 15 - Hey Joe



Frantic - Conception - 04 - Hey Joe



Bad Habits - Cover Up - 14 - Hey Joe



The Who - Dallas 09-03-1989 - 09 - Hey Joe



The Litter - Single - 02 - Hey Joe



The London Symphony Orchestra - Classic Rock - The Second Movement - 03 - Hey Joe



Marc Brown & The Blues Crew - Keep On Smiling - 08 - Hey Joe



King Curtis - Instant Groove - 02 - Hey Joe



Johnny Hallyday - Olympia '67 - 07 - Hey Joe



Willy DeVille - Live - 15 - Hey ! Joe



Willy DeVille - Backstreets Of Desire - 08 - Hey Joe



Johnny Hallyday - Single - 01 - Hey Joe



Johnny Hallyday - Flashback Tour - 09 - Hey Joe



Rambo Amadeus - Live In Rijeka - 08 - Hej Dzo



Rambo Amadeus - Live In Dubrovnik - 15 - Hey Joe



Brian Bromberg - Bromberg Plays Hendrix - 07 - Hey Joe



Andrea Braido Trio - Plays Hendrix Music - 09 - Hey Joe



Gugun - Live At Bintang Bali - 05 - Hey Joe



The Kelly Richey Band - Live At The Thirsty Ear - 06 - Hey Joe



jimi hendrix - monterey international pop festival - 07 - hey joe



the byrds - monterey international pop festival - 09 - hey joe



buckwheat zydeco - on track - 10 - hey joe



big belly's bluesband - take one - 02 - hey joe



rainbow - la - billboard live



rainbow - munich germany - ritchie bows to germany - 11 - hey joe



rainbow - canton ohio usa - ohio first night - 15 - hey joe



joey dox - wind driven snow - 10 - hey joe



roberto ciotti - unplugged - 05 - hey joe



roberto ciotti - king of nothing - 04 - hey joe



jose luis pardo - as the years go passing by - 06 - hey joe



fever tree - for sale - 07 - hey joe



buldožer - ako ste slobodni veèeras (live) - 06 - hey joe



brad mehldau trio - where do you start - 06 - hey joe



gary moore - blues for jimi - 11 - hey joe



popa chubby - live @fip - 01 - hey joe



artur dutkiewicz - hendrix piano - 08 - hey joe



devils creek - live at the proms - 10 - hey joe



o rappa - rappa mundi - 05 - hey joe



o rappa - instinto coletivo - 09 - hey joe



ant trip ceremony - 24 hours - 03 - hey joe



spirit - salvation...the spirit of '74 - 01 - hey joe



randy california - euro-american years box set - 06 - hey joe



eddie murphy - love's alright - 12 - hey joe



pete cornelius & the devilles - gotta' live - 10 - hey joe



carson - on the air & blown - 04 - hey joe



cher - with love, cher - 03 - hey joe.


sonny & cher - the singles+ - 03 - hey joe



black uhuru - now - 10 - hey joe



vasya club - hipan - 05 - hej, dzho!



paul rodgers & neal schon - vancouver 1993-05-14 - 17 - hey joe (acoustic)



elektryczne gitary - antena - 12 - hej juzek



the gabe dixon band - live at world café - 02 - hey joe



seal - the rare collection - 04 - hey joe



alpha band - torre alfina blues festival 2005 - 10 - hey joe



vasti jackson - bourbon street blues - 09 - hey joe



zz top - double down live 1980-2008 - 10 - hey joe



the music machine - turn on - best of - 12 - hey joe



nick cave & the bad seeds - kicking against the pricks - 05 - hey joe



little jimmy king - live at b. b. kings, la - 09 - hey joe



the offspring - baghdad - hey joe




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satriani, vai, may, bettencourt, walsh - una noche a sevilla - hey joe



sandy nelson - superdrums! - hey joe



the guess who - live in winnipeg 1967 - hey joe



noel redding & friends - live from bunkr - prague - hey joe



rob orlemans & half past midnight - open the cage - hey joe



tolo marton - dal vero - hey joe



wilson pickett - funky midnight mover - the atlantic studio recordings 1962-1978 - hey joe


wilson pickett - single - hey joe



the oreo blue experience - the oreo blue experience - hey joe



paul plumeri blues band - live in seattle - hey joe



sky high - safe sex 'live' - hey joe



michael pitt & the twins of evil - the dreamers - hey joe



lee moses - time and place - hey joe



the standells - dirty water - hey joe



randy california - night of the guitar - hey joe



franco battiato - ferro battuto - hey joe



mel brown & the homewreckers - homewreckin' done live - hey joe



the make-up - save yourself - hey joe



the creation - we are paintermen - hey joe



axel rudi pell - black moon pyramid - hey joe



the bosshoss - internashville urban hymns - hey joe



brant bjork - local angel - hey joe



the leaves - hey joe - hey joe



the byrds - live in stockholm 1967 - hey joe



jimmy d. lane - live at famous dave's - hey joe



bap kennedy - howl on - hey joe



the byrds - fifth dimension - hey joe (where you gonna go)



lenny kravitz - unplugged - hey joe



spirit - live at la paloma - hey joe



spirit - spirit of '76 - hey joe



kaz lux & john schuursma - live dialogues - hey joe




spirit - berlin 1981-05-17 - hey joe



PeeWee Bluesgang - Parade Of Progress - Hey Joe



Black Cat Bone Featuring Paul Deslauriers - Bone-Ified - Hey Joe



PeeWee Bluesgang - Directors Cut (Live Vol.2) - Hey Joe



Jimmy Carl Black, Mick Pini & Uwe Jesdinsky - Live In Steinbach - Hey Joe



Free Blues Band - Big Game - Hey Joe



Boris Bukowski - Für Immer In Mir Drin - Hey Joe



Bronco Bob - Trade Offs - Hey Joe



Bronco Bob - Kiss My Blues - Hey Joe



Dave Chastain & The Blues Rockers - Something For The Pain - Hey Joe



Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple - Hey Joe



Elias Zaikos - Jimi Jam - Hey Joe



Eric Culberson Blues Band - Live At The Bamboo Room - Hey Joe



Guitar Shorty - Roll Over, Baby - Hey Joe



Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced - Hey Joe



Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Concerts - Hey Joe



Julian Sas - Delivered - Hey Joe



Julian Sas - Live In Hungary - Hey Joe



Julian Sas - Dedication - Hey Joe



Leszek Cichonski - Thanks Jimi - Hey Joe



Matthew Cadillac Cooper & The Curtis King Band 02 - Hey Joe



Michael Coleman - Shake Your Booty - Hey Joe



Mike Zito - Live From The Top - Hey Joe



Peewee Bluesgang - A Soft Suicide - Hey Joe



Picksiebner - Picksiebner - Hey Joe



Mike Zito - Superman - Hey Joe



randy pavlock & twenty four seven - miles to go - hey joe



rob tognoni - rock and roll live - hey joe



robert plant - sixty six to timbuktu - hey joe



roy buchanan - live in japan - hey joe



roy buchanan - that's what i am here for - hey joe



stop - hey jimi - hey joe



alvin lee & ten years after - ride on - hey joe



the beat daddys - live at the quincy blues fest - hey joe



the hamsters - electric hamsterland - hey joe



the hamsters - the jimi hendrix memorial concerts 1995 - hey joe



the rich harper band - onward... - hey joe



vdelli - live at the indian ocean hotel - hey joe



walter trout, popa chubby, omar dykes, michael lee firkins - the jimi hendrix music festival - hey joe



jimi hendrix - the complete woodstock - hey joe



big mike griffin - live at the full moon - hey joe



julian sas - tilburg 2006-01-06 (bootleg) - hey joe



guitar shorty - billie jean blues - hey joe



clas yngstrom trio - tribute to hendrix - hey joe



alain bashung - tour 85 (live) - hey joe [version studio]



julian sas band - live - makin' my return, hey joe, machine gun jam



drahdiwaberl - sitzpinkler - heast franz!



hobo blues band - középeurópai hobo blues - hey, joe



medeski martin & wood - tonic - hey joe



omar & the howlers - world wide open - hey joe



patti smith - single - hey joe (version)



popa chubby - electric chubbyland - hey joe



body count - stone free: a tribute to jimi hendrix - hey joe


body count - born dead - hey joe



robert plant - dreamland - hey joe



procol harum - live in copenhagen (rehearsal) - hey joe



marmalade - there's a lot of it about - hey joe



johnny winter - blues over san diego - hey joe



santa esmeralda - beauty - hey joe



guitar pete - live at the blues warehouse - hey joe



rob tognoni - ironyard revisited - hey joe



otis taylor - recapturing the banjo - hey joe



bega blues band - blues de timisoara - hey joe



radics béla (tûzkerék) - csodalatos utazas - hey joe



tuzkerek xt - ejfelkor megszolal egy blues - hej! r. b. tuzgitaros



kelly richey - kelly richey live 1996-2011 - hey joe



kelly richey - live... as it should be - hey joe



the kelly richey band - live at tommy's on main - 04 - hey joe



love - love - 10 - hey joe



paul gilbert - tribute to jimi hendrix - 02 - hey joe



tuzkerek - gyor ktfm - 14 - hey joe




...and many more to come

8 comments:

Muffin Man said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVFGwJ7S2EQ

Muffin Man said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwomnkLtBkI

Loumy93 said...

Do you know Willy Deville version for Hey Joe on album "Backstreets of Desire" and some french version from Johnny Hallyday, our national rocker ? I can send them to you

SouthernBluesRock said...

please send any version not listed here to southernbluesrock@gmail.com. Any help is very appreciate. Thanks in advance!

greenlight said...

Thank you very much for the nice compillation.

Anonymous said...

Wow so cool, what a legendary song! Is there any chance you could post a link to the entire Spirit Salvation... Spirit of 74 album? It's out of print and impossible to find these days, I noticed you chose a version of Hey Joe from that release. You are the best, rock on!!

SouthernBluesRock said...

Often I only have the Hey Joe track from an album and so it is here. Probably hard to find, but I see a chance to get it. If so I will post it on my follow up project http://bluesgambler.blogspot.com/. Please pass by and check the increased Hey Jow section or anything else from the other stuff.

SouthernBluesRock said...

Got the Spirit Of '74 album and posted a link in Lounge of the http://bluesgambler.blogspot.com/. Please go there to get your requested album.

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