Run Joe chords by Chuck Berry
Verse 1
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Mo and Joe
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had a candy store
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Tellin' fortune behind a door
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Cops grabbed Mo and as Joe ran out
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Brother Mo then began to shout
Verse 2
Run Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand
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Verse 3
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Ask Juanita to stand me bail
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Don't want to sleep in this rotten jail
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Hide the crystal ball by the fence
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So dey won't find no evidence
Verse 4
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When you reach home, get in the bed
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Call a doctor and tie your head
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Tell Juanita, invent a lie
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Got to have a good alibi
Verse 5
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Run Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
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Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand
Verse 6
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Go get a mouthpiece to talk for me
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Oh, they'll charge me with
a third degree
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When they take me before the sarge
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I am going to deny the charge
Verse 7
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If the judge ask me how I plead
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"Not guilty sir, most decidedly
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You can see judge at a glance
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I'm a victim of circumstance"
Verse 8
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Run Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand
Verse 9
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Me mommy told me not long ago
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"Boy, keep away from that no good Joe"
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If I do like me momma say
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I wouldn't be in this trouble today
Verse 10
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I'll be home by the break of day
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If the judge believe what I say
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And if he don't, I'll be lookin' cute
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Behind the bars in me striped suit
Verse 11
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Run Joe, eh, the police at the door
Run Joe and he won't let me go
Run Joe, run as fast as you can
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Run Joe, the police holdin' me hand
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Verse 12
Run Joe
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe
Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe
Run Joe
Run Joe
Chuck Berry
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