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You can play versatile instrument Sleepy Eyed John using ukulele or guitar.
This song by Johnny Horton can also be played by that instruments.
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Sleepy Eyed John chords has rhythm and included in Battle of New Orleans (1959) album.
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Sleepy Eyed John by Johnny Horton Ukulele Chords
INTRO: F C F
#1.
[F]Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
I whittled out a fiddle from a [C]wagon seat.
I [F]tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
play a little tune [C]wherever I[F] go.
CHORUS:
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you\’re britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better [C]tie your shoe.
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better [C]get your [F]britches on.
[F]Try to get to Heaven \’fore the [C]devil gets to [F]you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#2.
[F]Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
The goose she clucked but she [C]couldn\’t get loose.
Said, [F]John to the goose, \”If you don\’t be still,
we\’ll miss our supper down in [C]Candy[F]ville.\”
CHORUS:
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you\’re britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better [C]tie your shoe.
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better [C]get your [F]britches on.
[F]Try to get to Heaven \’fore the [C]devil gets to [F]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.
With [F]one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the
double-shuffle til the [C]cows come [F]home.
CHORUS:
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you\’re britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better [C]tie your shoe.
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better [C]get your [F]britches on.
[F]Try to get to Heaven \’fore the [C]devil gets to [F]you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#4.
[F]Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
I took my money and I [C]ain\’t worked since.
I [F]sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
[F]I wouldn\’t take a dollar for my [C]journey [F]now.
CHORUS:
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you\’re britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better [C]tie your shoe.
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better [C]get your [F]britches on.
[F]Try to get to Heaven \’fore the [C]devil gets to [F]you.
INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F
#5.
[F]Over the hickory and down the pine..
the racoon left and the [C]old hound whined.
[F]John said, \’Sick \’em\’, and the racoon left.
[F]They crossed Green River in a [C]minute and a [F]half.
CHORUS:
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you\’re britches on.
Sleepy-eyed John better [C]tie your shoe.
[F]Sleepy-eyed John, you better [C]get your [F]britches on.
[F]Try to get to Heaven \’fore the [C]devil gets to [F]you.
OUTRO:
F C F..F C F (x2)(Fade.)
To play the most songs, including Sleepy Eyed John by Johnny Horton by ukulele, the most important basic ukulele chords to learn are C chord, D chord, G chord, and Em chord.
These set you up to play a ton of songs, and each of them is easy to learn.