Biography:
Jerry Reed Hubbard (1937-2008), known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films
Reed was born on the 20th March 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia, the second child of Robert and Cynthia Hubbard. Reed's parents separated four months after his birth, and he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes or orphanages. Reed was reunited with his mother and stepfather in 1944.
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Ko Ko Joe
Jerry Reed
Intro A
(Ko Ko Joe) (Ko Ko Joe) Son (Ko Ko Joe)
Go ahead home (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 1
A
Well Up in Appaloosa county
D
There's a place called Ko ko Ridge
A D
Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River
E
Where the water washed away the bridge
A
Cotton Mouth Country (Ko ko Joe)
D
A river rat's knee high (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 2
A
Way up around the back border Lived a man
D
That the river folks talked about
A C
They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe
D A B
'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe)
Chorus 1
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
A B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man
C
The river was his only friend
D E A
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 3
He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes
D
He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw
A D
That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps
E
On the banks of the Etowah
A E
Made him walk a little funny (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
A
Made his breath smell funky (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 4
A
Well he never come across the river
'Cause the folks didn't like him in town
C
They said his hair was long His clothes were dirty
D A B
They didn't want him hangin' around (Ko ko Joe)
Chorus 2
D
Ko ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
E A B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
D
Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man
The river was his only friend
E A
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 5
A
Well it happened a year ago Sunday
And they still talk about it today
D
How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River
E
Nearly washin' everybody away Son
A
The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes
(Ko ko Joe) Well the headlines said
How a mother said my son woulda' lost his life
C
But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River
D A B
By the man y'all despised (Ko ko Joe)
Outro
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
E B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe So be careful what you say my friend
C
About folks you don't understand
D E A
Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe (Ko ko Joe)
D A B
Go ahead home son (Ko ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
A
The folks despised him
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Jerry Reed
Intro A
(Ko Ko Joe) (Ko Ko Joe) Son (Ko Ko Joe)
Go ahead home (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 1
A
Well Up in Appaloosa county
D
There's a place called Ko ko Ridge
A D
Sittin' right on the bend Of the Etowah River
E
Where the water washed away the bridge
A
Cotton Mouth Country (Ko ko Joe)
D
A river rat's knee high (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 2
A
Way up around the back border Lived a man
D
That the river folks talked about
A C
They said you better stay away from a Ko ko Joe
D A B
'Cause he's cause he's crazy no 'count (Ko ko Joe)
Chorus 1
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
A B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man
C
The river was his only friend
D E A
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 3
He'd eat monkey meat and mashed potatoes
D
He drunk a brew called a Mo-jo Claw
A D
That he beat outa roots from old dead stumps
E
On the banks of the Etowah
A E
Made him walk a little funny (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
A
Made his breath smell funky (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 4
A
Well he never come across the river
'Cause the folks didn't like him in town
C
They said his hair was long His clothes were dirty
D A B
They didn't want him hangin' around (Ko ko Joe)
Chorus 2
D
Ko ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
E A B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Ko Ko Joe)
D
Ko ko Joe He was an awfully peculiar man
The river was his only friend
E A
And the folks didn't understand The man called Ko ko Joe
(Ko ko Joe) (Ko ko Joe)
Verse 5
A
Well it happened a year ago Sunday
And they still talk about it today
D
How the dam broke loose On the Etowah River
E
Nearly washin' everybody away Son
A
The river water rising (Ko ko Joe) Washin' up all the bushes
(Ko ko Joe) Well the headlines said
How a mother said my son woulda' lost his life
C
But he was pulled from the mud in the Etowah River
D A B
By the man y'all despised (Ko ko Joe)
Outro
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
E B
The folks despised him (Ko ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe So be careful what you say my friend
C
About folks you don't understand
D E A
Someday you might need a man like Ko ko Joe (Ko ko Joe)
D A B
Go ahead home son (Ko ko Joe)
D
Ko-ko Joe They called him the Etowah River swamp rat
A
The folks despised him
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