Recorded: DeLane Lea Studios, October 23, 1966
                Pye, Regenst Studios, November 1966
Producer: Chas Chandler                    Engineer: Dave Siddle
Guitar, Vocals: Jimi Hendrix                Drums: Mitch Mitchell
Bass: Noel Redding                             Backing Vocals: The Breakaways
                                                                (Margaret Stredder, Gloria George, Barbara Moore)
Length (on album): 3:30
Notes: The song Jimi played while being discovered by Chas Chandler. He was flown to London and did a single, wich didn't make it big in America because The Leaves had released a hit version of the same song the summer before. In the UK, on the other hand, Hey Joe his the charts January 7, 1967, and made The Experience famous.

Uh, hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down,
you shot her down now
Uh, hey Joe, I heard you shot your old lady down,
shot her down in the ground, yeah!

Yes I did, I shot her,
you know I caught her messin' 'round,
messin' 'round town.
Uh, yes I did, I shot her
you know I caught my old lady messin' 'round town.
And I gave her the gun and I shot her!

Alright!
(Ah! Hey Joe!)
Shoot her one more time again, baby!
(Oo)
Yeah.
(Hey Joe!)
Ah, dig it!
(Hey!)
Ah! Ah!
(Jow ehere you gonna go?)
Oh, alright.

Hey Joe, said now,
(Hey)
uh, where you gonna run to?
Yeah.
(where you gonna go?)
Hey Joe, I said,
(Hey)
where you gon' to run
to now, where you, where you gonna go?
(Joe!)
Well, dig it!
I'm goin' way down south, way down south
(Hey)
way down to Mexico way! Alright!
(Joe)
I'm goin' way down south,
(Hey Joe)
way down where I can feel free!
(where you gonna...)
Ain't no one gonna find me babe!
(Joe where you gonna...)
he ain't gonna put a rope around me!
(Joe where you gonna...)
You better believe it right now!
(...go?)
I gotta go now!
Hey, hey, hey Joe,
(Hey Joe)
you better run on down!
(where you gonna)
Goodbye everybody. Ow!
(...go?)
Hey, hey, hey Joe, what'd I say
(Hey ... Joe)
run on down,
(where you gonna go?)