Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
Cm
F
It was the third of June,
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F
another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and
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F
my brother was balin' hay
Bb
And at dinner time we stopped and we walked
back to the house to eat
F
Cm
And mama hollered at the back door "y'all
mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
F
Verse 2
"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense,
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F
pass the biscuits, please"
forty I've got to plow"
F
Cm
Mama said it was shame about Billie Joe,
good up on Choctaw Ridge
F
Verse 3
Cm
F
he and Tom and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Car
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F
roll County picture show
church last Sunday night?
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F
you know it just don't seem right"
on Choctaw Ridge"
F
Verse 4
Mama said to me "Child,
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F
what's happened to your appetite?"
"I've been cookin' all morning and
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you haven't touched a single bite"
Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
F
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday,
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F
oh, by the way"
Bb
"He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like
you up on Choctaw Ridge"
F
Verse 5
Brother married Becky Thompson,
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they bought a store in Tupelo
papa caught it and he died last Spring
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F
wanna do much of anything
flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Cm Bb Eb
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