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Ode To Billie Joe

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This is one of my favorite songs and this version is much easier then the other version 
here it is.
D7Twas the third of june another sleepy dusty delta day
D7I was out choppin cotton and my brother was balin' hay
G7And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
D7And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet
G7And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"
"Today BillD7y Joe MacAllister jumped C7off the Tallahatchie D7Bridge"
D7And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas
D7"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"
G7"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
D7And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow
G7Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy D7Joe MacAllister's jumpeC7d off the Tallahatchie D7Bridge
D7And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe
D7Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show
G7And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
D7"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"
G7"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"
"And now you tell D7me Billie Joe's jumped C7off the Tallahatchie D7Bridge"
D7And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"
D7"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"
G7"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
D7"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"
G7"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
"And she and BilD7ly Joe was throwing somethin' C7off the Tallahatchie D7Bridge"
D7A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
D7And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
G7There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring
D7And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything
G7And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
And drop them D7into the muddy water oC7ff the Tallahatchie D7Bridge

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Ode To Billie Joe

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Ode To Billie Joe

by Bobbie Gentry

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This is one of my favorite songs and this version is much easier then the other version

here it is.

Twas the third of june another sleepy dusty delta day

I was out choppin cotton and my brother was balin' hay

And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

And Mama hollered out the back door "y'all remember to wipe your feet

And then she said "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge"

D7 C7 D7

"Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas

"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please"

"There's five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"

And Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe, anyhow

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

D7 C7 D7

And now Billy Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?

"I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don't seem right"

"I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge"

D7 C7 D7

"And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

And Mama said to me "Child, what's happened to your appetite?"

"I've been cookin' all morning and you haven't touched a single bite"

"That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today"

"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way"

"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge"

D7 C7 D7

"And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"

A year has come 'n' gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus going 'round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring

And now Mama doesn't seem to wanna do much of anything

And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge

D7 C7 D7

And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge

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