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