Ode To Billie Joe chords by
Lorrie Morgan
Lorrie Morgan
Logo

N/A
Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
It was the third of June,
another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and my
brother was balin' hay
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And at dinner time we stopped and walked
back to the house to eat
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And Mama hollered out the back door,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
"Y'all remember to wipe your feet
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And then she said,
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off
the Tallahatchie Bridge."
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Ebdim
Ebdim

View detailed Ebdim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 2
And Papa said to Mama as he passed
around the black- eyed pease
"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense. Pass the biscuits,
please
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

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

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe,
anyhow
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no
good up on Choctaw Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And now Billie Joe MacAllister's
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 3
And brother said he recollected
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
when he and Tom and Billie Joe
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
He put a frog down my back at the
Carroll County picture show
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And wasn't I talkin' to him after
church last Sunday night?
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
"I'll have another piece of apple pie. You know,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
it don't seem right
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday
on Choctaw Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
off the Tallahatchie Bridge."
Interlude 1
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 4
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Mama said to me, "Child,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
what's happened to your appetite?
I've been cookin' all morning and you
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
haven't touched a single bite
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
That nice young preacher,
Brother Taylor, dropped by today
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday. Oh,
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
by the way
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
He said he saw a girl that looked a lot
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
like you up on Choctaw Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And she and Billie Joe
was throwing
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge."
Verse 5
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A year has come 'n' gone since
we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
A
A

View detailed A chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And brother married Becky Thompson,
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
they bought a store in Tupelo
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

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

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And now Mama doesn't seem
to wanna do much of anything
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

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

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
And drop them into the muddy water
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Outro 1
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

How did you like the song?

You need to to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E

Open Tuner
ChordsD C G Ebdim A

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Open Tuner
Chords

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

More songs by Lorrie Morgan

Discover chords for more songs to play

Lorrie Morgan

Except for Monday

Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall

By My Side

Lorrie Morgan

Go Away

Lorrie Morgan

A Picture of Me (Without You)

Lorrie Morgan

leavin on your mind

Lorrie Morgan

He Talks to Me

Lorrie Morgan

One of Those Nights Tonight

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Lorrie Morgan

Except for Monday

Lorrie Morgan

Green Day

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

Queen

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen

Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall

By My Side

Lorrie Morgan and Jon Randall

The Who

Behind Blue Eyes

The Who

Lorrie Morgan

Go Away

Lorrie Morgan

John Legend

All Of Me

John Legend

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Tú sí eres real

Kevin Kaarl

Toda esta ciudad

Kevin Kaarl

Tu canción

Kevin Kaarl

WASTE

KXLLSWXTCH

Mujer distante

Kevin Kaarl

Muchacho de campo

Voz De Mando

What I Know Now

Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice