Key: Db major
Verse 1
Gm
C
another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and
Gm
C
my brother was balin' hay
and walked back to the house to eat
Gm
C
"Y'all remember to wipe your feet
"I got some news this mornin'
Verse 2
from Choctaw Ridge
F
Verse 3
C
Gm
'N' Papa said to Mama as he passed
Verse 4
C
Gm
"Well Billy Joe never had a lick of sense,
Verse 5
Fm
F
Fm
forty I've got to plow
F
C
Gm
'N' Mama said it was shame about Billy Joe,
Fm
F
good up on Choctaw Ridge
C
Verse 6
'N' Brother said he recollected
Gm
C
when he and Tom and Billie Joe
church last Sunday night?
Verse 7
Gm
C
you know it don't seem right
Verse 8
Fm
F
on Choctaw Ridge
Verse 9
Bb
C
off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Verse 10
Gm
C
"Child, what's happened to
your appetite?
Verse 11
Gm
C
you haven't touched a single bite
Verse 12
dropped by today
Fm
F
Verse 13
Fm
F
C
"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday,
Gm
C
oh, by the way
Verse 14
saw a girl that looked a lot
like you up on Choctaw Ridge
Verse 15
F
C
"And she and Billy Joe was throwing
C
Verse 16
'N' Brother married Becky Thompson,
Bb
Gm
they bought a store in Tupelo
C
F
There was a virus going 'round,
Papa caught it and he died last Spring
C
Gm
And now Mama doesn't seem to
Fm
F
C
Fm
And me, I spend a lot of time pickin'
flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
Bb
C
off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Outro 1
C
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