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A2.1·rock·3:30

Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix · 1966

Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix (1966) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Hey Joe
  • Where you going with that gun in your hand?
  • Hey Joe
  • I said, where you going with that gun in your hand?

Echo the hook

  • Yes I did, I shot her
  • You know, I caught her messing around, messing around town
  • Yes I did, I shot her
  • You know, I caught my old lady messing around town
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Where youwith that gun in your hand?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm going down tomy old lady

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iyou shot your woman down

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Way down toway

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Ain't nogoing to

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

He ain'tput a rope around me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm going down to shoot my old lady

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You shot her down, now

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You shot her down to the ground

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I gave her the gun

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Where you going to run to now?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Where you ? with that gun in your hand?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And that ? too cool

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You ? her down, now

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Way down to ? way

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Ain't no ? going to

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "going" in the whole song?

"going"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "shot" in the whole song?

"shot"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I shot her!
  • I'm going down to shoot my old lady
  • I'm going way down south

Exercise 25

If you had to summarize "Hey Joe" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Hey Joe" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Jimi Hendrix one question about "Hey Joe", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • gonna→

Exercise 29

Compare "Hey Joe" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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