Down In The Boondocks chords by Jerry Garcia, New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Down in the boondocks,
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down in the boondocks
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People put me down
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because every side of town
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I was born, yeah
I love her, she loves me,
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but I don't fit in her society
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Lord have mercy on a boy
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who died in the bullet time
Every night I watch the light
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from the house up on the hill
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I love a little girl who lives up there
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and I guess I always will
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But I don't dare knock on her door,
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daddy is my boss man
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So I'll just have to be content
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to see her whenever I can
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Down in the blue tide,
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down in the blue tide
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People put me down,
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they said society I was born in
I love her, she loves me,
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I don't think her society
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Lord have mercy on the boy
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who died in the middle of time
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Play it now
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Now one bright day
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I'll find a way to move
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from this old shack
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I'll hold my head up like a king
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and I never ever will look back
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Until that morning I wouldn't sleep
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and I'll save every dime
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But tonight she'll have to steal away,
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see me one more time
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Down in the boondock,
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down in the boondock
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People put me down
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cause there's a side of town I was born in
I love her, she loves me,
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I don't fit her society
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Lord have mercy on the boy
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from down in the boondocks
Oh, down in the boondocks
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Oh, down in the boondocks
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People put me down
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cause that's the side of town I was born in
I love her, she loves me,
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I'm gonna create a society
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Lord have mercy on the boy
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from down in the blue town
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Lord have mercy on the boy
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from down in the blue town
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I'd just like to say
there'll never be nothing
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like the film ever again.
Down In The Boondocks
Jerry Garcia, New Riders Of The Purple Sage
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