Down In The Boondocks chords by Cissy Houston
Verse 1
C
Am
C
Am
C
Am
Down
C
in the boondocks
F
Down in the boondocks
G
F
Lord have mercy on a girl
C
From down in the boondocks
Every night I watch the light
F
From the house up on the hill
C
Am
I love the little boy who lives up there
E
I guess I always will
Am
F
G
But I don't dare knock on his door,
F
G
cause his dad is my boss man
F
G
So I'll just have to be content,
F
G
to see him whenever I can
C
Down in the boondocks, yeah,
F
down in the boondocks
G
You know people put me down,
F
C
cause that's the side of town I was born in
I love him, he loves me,
F
but I just don't fit in his society
G
F
Lord have mercy on a girl
C
D
from down in the boondocks
One fine day I'll find a way
G
D
to move from this old shack
Bm
I'll hold my head up like a queen
F#m
Bm
and never, never, never look back
G
A
Until the mornin' I'll work and save,
G
I'll save every dime
A
G
But tonight he's gonna
A
have to slip away
G
A
and see me one more time
D
Down in the boondocks, yeah,
G
yeah, down in the boondocks
A
You know people put me down
G
D
for such a side of town I was born in
Oh, you see, I love him, he loves me,
G
but I just don't fit in his society
A
G
Lord have mercy on a girl
D
from down in the boondocks
Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
A
G
Lord have mercy on a girl
D
from down in the boondocks
Lord, Lord,
A
G
Lord have mercy on a girl
D
from down in the boondocks
Down In The Boondocks
Cissy Houston
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