{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1093332,"song":"Down In The Boondocks","artist":"Billy Joe Royal","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11242672-down-in-the-boondocks-chords-by-billy-joe-royal/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1093332?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":113,"content":"Down In The Boondocks:Billy Joe Royal.\r\n#1 in Canada and #9 in the USA in 1965.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]A[/ch] ///\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEvery night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI love a little girl that lives up there, I guess I always will.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I don't dare knock on her door..her daddy is my boss man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I'll just have to be content, to see her when ever I can.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPeople put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(INTERLUDE:)\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]\r\nDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                              [ch]D#[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nOne fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                   [ch]D#[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D#[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]D#[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D#[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]D#[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut tonight she'll have to steal away..to see me one more time.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                     [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]D#[/ch]                            [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nPeople put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                            [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nI love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]                   [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]                   [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D#[/ch]                   [ch]A#[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Down In The Boondocks:Billy Joe Royal.\n#1 in Canada and #9 in the USA in 1965.\n\nINTRO: A ///\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n(INTERLUDE:)\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","D","E","C#","F#m","A#","D#","Gm","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}