Hey Joe – The Jimi Hendrix Experience：歌詞及意思
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Hey Joe (1966)- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your mama down
Hey Joe (1966)- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
You shot her down now
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down
Shot her down in the ground, yeah
Yeah
歌曲Hey Joe，原唱是由美國車庫樂隊the Leaves在1965年唱出。而今天為大家介紹的版本是1966年由著名結他手Jimi Hendrix的樂隊—The Jimi Hendrix Experience。歌曲長達3分30秒，類型屬於Blues Rock藍調搖滾，填詞作曲由Billy Roberts負責。Jimi Hendrix的版本在英國獲得不錯的成績，令歌曲在英國掀起熱潮。該版本受到各大媒體一致好評，被《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一；隨後，被結他《Total Guitar》雜誌及其他音樂雜誌列入排行榜。
Hey Joe這一首歌曲成為了（Woodstock）1969年胡士托音樂節的壓軸歌曲，帶動當時的氣氛，不斷要求Encore，吸引無數的觀眾，令到他們不肯離場。另外，Jimi Hendrix版本誕生是因為唱片製作人Chas Chandler發掘了Jimi Hendrix。唱片製作人在一間音樂酒吧Cafe Wha？發現了Jimi Hendrix。
至於歌詞方面，歌詞是關於一位男主角殺了他的不忠妻子而逃到墨西哥的故事，創作者Billy Roberts為作品Hey Joe在美國註冊版權。
歌詞方面
填詞作曲由Billy Roberts負責
Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun of your hand?
Hey Joe, I said, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? Oh
I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man, yeah
I’m goin’ down to shoot my old lady
You know I caught her messin’ ’round with another man
Huh, and that ain’t too cool
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your mama down
You shot her down now
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your lady down
Shot her down in the ground, yeah
Yeah
Yes, I did, I shot her
You know I caught her messin’ round, messin’ round town
Yes, I did, I shot her
You know I caught my old lady messin’ ’round town
And I gave her the gun
I shot her
Alright
Shoot her one more time again, baby
Yeah
Oh, dig it
Ah, alright
Hey, Joe
Where you gonna run to now? Where you gonna run to?
Hey Joe, I said
Where you gonna run to now? Where you, where you gonna go?
Well, dig
I’m goin’ way down south
Way down to Mexico way
Alright
I’m goin’ way down south
Way down where I can be free
Ain’t no one gonna find me
Ain’t no hangman gonna
He ain’t gonna put a rope around me
You better believe right now
I gotta go now
Hey, Joe
You better run on down
Goodbye, everybody, ow
Hey, hey, Joe
