Louis Jordan - Run Joe Chords

[Bb] _ [Gbm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ [Cm] _ [C] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb]
Hey, child, what is the policeman doing on your premises?
Tell me all about it, child.
Moe [A] and Joe had a candy store, telling fortune behind the door.
Cop grabbed Moe, and as Joe [Bb] ran out, brother Moe then [A] began to [Bb] shout,
Run, Joe!
Hey, the man at the door, Run, Joe!
The man won't let [C] me go, Run, Joe!
Run as fast as you can, [Bb] Run, Joe!
Police holding me here.
[Cm] _ [A] _ [Bb] _
_ [Cm] _ [A] _ [Gm] Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe [D] and Joe and Joe and Joe and
Ask [Eb] Juanita to stand me [F] bail, don't want to sleep in this rotten [Bb] jail.
Hide the [F] crystal ball by the fence, so they won't find no evidence.
[Dm] When you [A] reach home, get in the [F] bed, call a doctor and tie your head.
Let Juanita [Eb] invent a [Bb] lie, got to have a good alibi.
Run, Joe!
Hey, the man at the door, Run, Joe!
The man won't let me go, Run, Joe!
Run as fast as you can, Run, Joe!
Police [C] holding me here.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and [Bb] Joe and
Get the [Cm] mouthpiece to [Bb] talk for me, they'll sure give me the third degree.
When they take [A] me before the [Bb] charge, I am going [F] to deny the [Bb] charge.
When [F] the judge ask me how I [Bb] plead, not guilty, sir, [Cm] most [Bb] decidedly.
You can see, judge, at a glance, I am a victim of circumstance.
Run, Joe!
[Gm] Hey, the man at the door, Run, Joe!
The man won't let me [C] go, Run, Joe!
Run as fast as you [Bb] can, Run, Joe!
Police holding me [A] here.
[Cm] _ [Am] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Cm] _ [Am] _ [Gm]
Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and [Bb] Joe and
I'll be [A] home by the break of [Bb] day, if the [A] judge believe what I [Bb] say.
If he [A] don't, I'll be looking [Bb] cute, [Ab] behind the bars with my striped [Bb] suit.
Run, Joe!
Hey, the man at the door, Run, Joe!
The man [C] won't let me go, Run, Joe!
Run as [Bb] fast as you can, Run, Joe!
Police holding me here.
[A] _ [Cm] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Cm] _ [A] _ [Gm]
Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe and Joe [F] and Joe and Joe and Joe and
Me mama told me not long [Bb] ago, to keep away [F] from that worthless Joe.
If I heard what me mama [Bb] say, I wouldn't be [A] in this [Bb] mess today. Run, Joe!
Hey, the man at the door, Run, Joe!
The man won't let me go, Run, Joe!
Run as fast as you can, Run, Joe!
Police holding me [Gm] here.
Don't you hear what I told you?
I done warned you and schooled you.
Don't let police man hold you.
Didn't your mama done told you?
[Gm] Hey, the police man is catching up with Joe. _ _
Joe, run too slow.
He done catching up with Joe.
Run, Joe! _ _ _ _