Sleepy0Eyed John

INTRO: F C F

#1.
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Well, way down yonder on Candy 
Creek,
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I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon
 seat.
  F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
                   C         F
play a little tune wherever I go.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your 
shoe.
F                            C   
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
     F
your britches on.
F                              C 
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the 
            F
devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a 
goose.
The goose she clucked but she 
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couldn't get loose.
      F
Said, John to the goose, "If you 
don't be still,
we'll miss our supper down in 
C    F
Candyville."

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
you're britches on.
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                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your 
shoe.
F                            C   
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
     F
your britches on.
F                              C 
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the 
            F
devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a 
wooden leg.
The little leg was nothing but a 
C
little wooden peg.
     F
With one shoe off and one shoe 
on..he could do the
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double-shuffle til the cows come 
 F
home.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your 
shoe.
F                            C   
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
     F
your britches on.
F                              C 
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the 
            F
devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build 
a fence.
                      C
I took my money and I ain't worked 
since.
  F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
F                             
I wouldn't take a dollar for my 
  C       F
journey now.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your 
shoe.
F                            C   
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
     F
your britches on.
F                              C 
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the 
            F
devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..
                        C
the racoon left and the old hound 
whined.
F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the 
racoon left.
F                             C  
They crossed Green River in a 
          F
minute and a half.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your 
shoe.
F                            C   
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get 
     F
your britches on.
F                              C 
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the 
            F
devil gets to you.