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[Verse 1]
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Quick Joey Small went over the wall with a ball 
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and a chain behind him.
G                     Bb
Quick Joey Small went over the wall send 
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the dogs right out to find him.


[Verse 2]
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In a striped prision suit with no room to move he 
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headed for the highway.
G                               Bb
With his chain still dragin' he thumbed down a 
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wagon said, well, are you're goin my way?


[Chorus]
G                            Gm                 F
And they say, now, run Joey, Joey run, run, the hounds 
            G
are on your trail.
G                           Bb
Jump-up, jump-up, run Joey, Joey, run, run, they're 
      F                G
gonna send you back to jail.


[Verse 2]
G                       Bb           G
Sheriff got a shotgun, (he do) he'll fill you full of 
           F    G
lead, son (it's true.)
G             Gm         Bb             G
He also got a blackjack (he's mad) he'd bust your head 
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with one whack (here I go, now.)


[Chorus]
G         Gm                 F                  G
Run Joey, Joey run, run, the hounds are on your trail.


[Verse 3]
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Sweet Mary Jane was goin' insane  when she heard of Joey's 
Gm
jail break.
Gm                   G                Bb
But she knew all the while 'cause she sent him a file 
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baked inside a fudge cake.


[Chorus]
G                            Gm                 F
And they say, now, run Joey, Joey run, run, the hounds 
            G
are on your trail.
G                           Bb
Jump-up, jump-up, run Joey, Joey, run, run, they're 
      F                G
gonna send you back to jail.


[Verse 4]
G                      Gm
Sheriff Jack Banes was light on brains but he knew one 

thing for sure .
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He took some toughs and a pair of handcuffs and headed straight 
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for Mary Jane's door.


[Chorus]
G                            Gm                 F
And they say, now, run Joey, Joey run, run, the hounds 
            G
are on your trail.
G                           Bb
Jump-up, jump-up, run Joey, Joey, run, run, they're 
      F                G
gonna send you back to jail.


[Outro]
G                            Gm                 F
And they say, now, run Joey, Joey run, run, the hounds 
            G
are on your trail.
G                           Bb
Jump-up, jump-up, run Joey, Joey, run, run, they're 
      F                G
gonna send you back to jail.