Ode To Billy Joe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][F][D][F]
[D][F][G][D][F]
[G][F]
[D][F][D]
[F][G]
[Bm][G][F][G][D][F]
[D]I'm going show it.

[Verse 1]
[F]It [D]was the 3rd of
June, another [C]sleepy, [F]dusty, [D]delta day
[E]I w[D]as out chopping cotton and
my brother [C]was [F]failing[D] hay
[F]And at [C]dinner[G] time we stopped and
walked back [Bb]to the house t[G]o ea[C]t[G]
[F]Mama [D]hollered at the back door,
you all remem[F]ber to wipe [D]your feet
[E]An [D]d she sai[G]d,
I got some news this [Bb]morning up from
[G]Choctaw
Bridge
Today
[D]Billy
Joe
McAllister's [C]jumped off the
Talla[Bm]hatchie
[G]Bridge[D]
[C]Village[F][G][D][F]
[F#m][D][F][D][G][D]
[G]Papa [F]sai[G]d to[D]
Mama as he passed around [F]the
Black
[D]Eyed
Peas
[F]Wel[F#]l,
Billy
[D]Joe never had a nickel since [C]past the
[F]Bis[F#m]cuits
[D]Breeze[F]
I got [G]five more acres on the lower
forty [Bb]I go[C]t to plo[G]w
[F]Mama [G]said it [D]was a shame about
[F]Billy
Joe anyhow
[D]See[C]ms [F]like[G] nothing ever
comes to no good up on
Choctaw
Bridge
An[F]d now
Billy
[D]Joe
McAllister's [C]jumped off the
Talla[Bm]hatchie
[D]Bridge
[Asus4]And
[D]Mama said, child,
what's happened to [F]your [D]appetite?[Ebm]
[F#]Well, [C]I've [D]been cooking all morning and
you haven't touched [F]a s[D]ingle bite
You [G]know this young preacher brother
Taylor dropped [Bb]by to[G]day
He [F]said he'd [D]be pleased
to [F]have dinner on
[D]Sunday
[F]By [G]the way[D], he [F]sai[G]d he saw a girl
that looked a lot like you up on
Charter
Bridge
And she [D]really sure was throwing
something [C]off the
Tallahatchie
[G]Bri[Bm]dge[G]

[Interlude 1]
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[F][G][F][C][D][G]
[C][D][G][F][C][G][C#dim][G]
[F][G][F][G][F][D]
[Dm][F][D][C]
[G][D][Dm][G][D][C][G]
[D][G]
[Asus4]A year has

[Verse 2]
[D]come and gone
since we heard the [F]news
About
Billy
[D]Joel[F]
[D]Brother married
Becky
Thompson
Bought a [F]store in
[D]Buffalo[F]
There [G]was a virus goin' [D]round
Father [Dm]caught it and he [Bb]died
[G]last [D]spring[G]
[D]And my mama doesn't
seem to wanna do much
[F]Or any[D]thi[F]ng
[D]Me, [G]I spend a lot of time
picking [F]flowers up on
[D]Choctaw[G]
Bridge
And [D]drop them into the muddy
waters [C]from the
Talla[G]hatchie
[Bm]Brid[D]ge
Don't [F]you worry [D]a thing
[F]Billy
[D]Joe[Em][F][D][F]
[G]Billy
[F]Joe[C][F][D][F][F#dim]
[D]Billy[G]
[C]Joe[E][F][F#m][D][F][D]
[F][D][F]
[D][F][D][F]
[D][F][D][D]
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