2 acessos
Intro A (Ko Ko Joe) (Ko Ko Joe) Son (Ko Ko Joe) Go ahead home (Ko ko Joe) Verse 1 A Well Up in Appaloosa county D There's a place called Ko ko Ridge A D Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River E Where the water washed away the bridge A Cotton Mouth Country (Ko ko Joe) D A river rat's knee high (Ko ko Joe) Verse 2 A Way up around the back border Lived a man D That the river folks talked about A C They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe D A B 'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe) Chorus 1 D Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat A B The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) D Ko-ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man C The river was his only friend D E A And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe (Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe) Verse 3 He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes D He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw A D That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps E On the banks of the Etowah A E Made him walk a little funny (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) A Made his breath smell funky (Ko ko Joe) Verse 4 A Well he never come across the river 'Cause the folks didn't like him in town C They said his hair was long His clothes were dirty D A B They didn't want him hangin' around (Ko ko Joe) Chorus 2 D Ko ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat E A B The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe) D Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man The river was his only friend E A And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe (Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe) Verse 5 A Well it happened a year ago Sunday And they still talk about it today D How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River E Nearly washin' everybody away Son A The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes (Ko ko Joe) Well the headlines said How a mother said my son woulda' lost his life C But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River D A B By the man y'all despised (Ko ko Joe) Outro D Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat E B The folks despised him (Ko ko Joe) D Ko-ko Joe So be careful what you say my friend C About folks you don't understand D E A Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe (Ko ko Joe) D A B Go ahead home son (Ko ko Joe) D Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat A The folks despised him