Ballad of Billy Jo McKay

Ballad of Billy Jo McKay easy guitar chords by Shawn Mullins

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  • Verse 1
    My 
    name's 
    Billy 
    Jo 
    McKay 

    just 
    turned 
    16 yester
    day 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    get 
    the nerve 

    one 
    day 
    to 
    get outta 
    here 

    My ma 
    passed 
    on 
    3 years 
    ago, 

    they 
    said 
    it was cancer 
    and it took 
    her slow 

    And ever 
    since 
    then 
    I've been 
    sayin' 
    no 
    to my 

    daddy 
    and 
    my tears 

    Now when 
    you 
    come down 
    our 
    road 

    You gotta 
    watch 
    the bump 
    right there 

    across 
    from 
    the garbage 
    dump 

    You can 
    find 
    me out 
    back 

    Jumpin' 
    on 
    the 
    trampoline 

    And 
    in the springtime 

    We'll 
    be skippin' 
    scholl 

    We sneak 
    off 
    to the 
    Cantrell's 

    swimming 
    pool 

    Man, 
    you 
    can't 
    get 
    much 
    cooler 

    than me 
    and 
    my 
    friend 
    Darlene 

    Now 


    my 
    grandaddy's 

    hands 
    are 
    worn 
    from 
    50 years 
    of 
    growin' 
    corn 

    Back 
    behind 
    the 
    house 
    where 
    was 

    born 
    before 
    he 
    had 
    to sell 

    And my 
    cousin 
    Eddie, 

    He 
    got 
    shot 
    in the 
    Walmart 
    parkin' 
    lot 

    Yeah 
    this 
    little 
    town's 
    changed 
    a lot, 

    He 
    said 
    it 
    hurt 
    like 
    hell 




    My 
    name's 
    Billy 
    Jo 
    McKay 

    It's 
    hot 
    Mississippi 
    summer 

    Saturday 

    Daddy's 
    on 
    the front 
    porch 
    with 
    Uncle 

    Dave 
    drinkin' 
    dixie 
    beer 

    16 years 
    of 
    being 
    bored 

    My 
    window's 
    open, 
    forget 
    the 
    door 

    Hope 
    there's 
    some 
    gas 
    in 
    the 

    Old 
    man's 
    ford 
    cause 
    I'm 
    outta 

    here 



    I'm 
    outta 
    here, 

    I'm 
    outta 

    here 


    Maybe I'll 
    go 
    down 
    to 
    biloxi 

    Or 
    maybe 
    to new 
    orleans 

    Or maybe hotlanta 

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