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Ode To Billie Joe chords by
Lorrie Morgan
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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C
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D
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It was the third of June,

another sleepy, dusty Delta day

I was out choppin' cotton and my

brother was balin' hay
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G

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And at dinner time we stopped and walked

back to the house to eat
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D

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And Mama hollered out the back door,
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C

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D
D

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"Y'all remember to wipe your feet
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And then she said,
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"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
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C

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Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off

the Tallahatchie Bridge."
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D

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Ebdim
Ebdim

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D
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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
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G

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There's five more acres in the lower

forty I've got to plow."
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D

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And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe,

anyhow
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G

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Seems like nothin' ever comes to no

good up on Choctaw Ridge
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D

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And now Billie Joe MacAllister's
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C

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jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
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D

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Verse 3


And brother said he recollected
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when he and Tom and Billie Joe
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D

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He put a frog down my back at the

Carroll County picture show
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G

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And wasn't I talkin' to him after

church last Sunday night?
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D

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"I'll have another piece of apple pie. You know,
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it don't seem right
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G

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I saw him at the sawmill yesterday

on Choctaw Ridge
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D

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And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped
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C

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off the Tallahatchie Bridge."
Interlude 1
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Verse 4

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Mama said to me, "Child,
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D
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what's happened to your appetite?

I've been cookin' all morning and you
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D
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haven't touched a single bite
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That nice young preacher,

Brother Taylor, dropped by today
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D

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

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by the way
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He said he saw a girl that looked a lot
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like you up on Choctaw Ridge
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And she and Billie Joe

was throwing
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somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge."
Verse 5
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A year has come 'n' gone since

we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe
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D
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And brother married Becky Thompson,
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D

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they bought a store in Tupelo
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G

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There was a virus going 'round,

Papa caught it and he died last Spring
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D

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And now Mama doesn't seem

to wanna do much of anything
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G

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And me, I spend a lot of time pickin'

flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
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D

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And drop them into the muddy water
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off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Outro 1
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

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  • C

  • G

  • Ebdim

  • A

Capo: 0

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The original key of Ode To Billie Joe by Lorrie Morgan is D major.

The primary chords used in Ode To Billie Joe are D, C, G, Ebdim, A.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, C, G, Ebdim, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Ode To Billie Joe is approximately 100 beats per minute.

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