Ko-Ko Joe

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                       
Sittin' right on the bend Of the 
 D
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                    
They said you better stay away from
   C
 a Ko ko Joe
                       D       
'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 
  A             B
'count (Ko ko Joe)

Chorus 1

Ko-ko Joe  They called him the 
D
Etowah River swamp rat
          A                        
The folks despised him   (Ko ko Ko 
   B
Ko Joe)
                     D
Ko-ko Joe  He was an awfully 
peculiar man
    C
The river was his only friend
         D                         
And the folks didn't understand The
 E                A
 man called Ko ko Joe

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(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
They said his hair was long  His 
C
clothes were dirty
     D                       A    
They didn't want him hangin' 
           B
around  (Ko ko Joe)

Chorus 2

Ko ko Joe  They called him the 
D
Etowah River swamp rat
          E        A              
The folks despised him  (Ko ko Ko 
   B
Ko Joe)
                    D
Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar
 man

The river was his only friend
And the folks didn't understand The 
E                A
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
How the dam broke loose On the 
D
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
But he was pulled from the mud in 
    C
the Etowah River
       D         A                
By the man y'all despised  (Ko ko 
B
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        
Someday you might need a man like 
      A
Ko ko Joe  (Ko ko Joe)
D             A            B
Go ahead home son   (Ko ko Joe)
Ko-ko Joe  They called him the 
D
Etowah River swamp rat
          A
The folks despised him