INTRO: F C F

#1.
F
Well, way down yonder on Candy Creek,
                               C
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat.
  F
I tune my fiddle and I rub my bow..
                   C         F
play a little tune wherever I go.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#2.
F
Well, sleepy-eyed John he stole a goose.
                              C
The goose she clucked but she couldn't get loose.
      F
Said, John to the goose, "If you don't be still,
                              C    F
we'll miss our supper down in Candyville."

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#3.
F
Well, Sleepy-eyed John he had a wooden leg.
                                 C
The little leg was nothing but a little wooden peg.
     F
With one shoe off and one shoe on..he could do the 
                       C         F
double-shuffle til the cows come home.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#4.
F
Now, I took 20 dollars for to build a fence.
                      C
I took my money and I ain't worked since.
  F
I sold my buggy and I sold my plow.
F                               C       F
I wouldn't take a dollar for my journey now.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
                        C
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.


INTERLUDE: F C F..F C F

#5.
F
Over the hickory and down the pine..
                        C
the racoon left and the old hound whined.
F
John said, 'Sick 'em', and the racoon left.
F                             C            F
They crossed Green River in a minute and a half.

CHORUS:
F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get you're britches on.
                        C        
Sleepy-eyed John better tie your shoe.
F                            C        F
Sleepy-eyed John, you better get your britches on.
F                              C             F
Try to get to Heaven 'fore the devil gets to you.