Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton and
my brother was balin' hay
we walked back to the house to eat
"y'all remember to wipe your feet"
this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
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Today Billie Joe MacAllister jumped
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Bb
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off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Verse 2
around the blackeyed peas
"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense,
pass the biscuits, please"
forty I've got to plow"
anyhow
no good up on Choctaw Ridge
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off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Verse 3
when he and Tom and Billie Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll
County picture show
church last Sunday night?
you know it just don't seem right"
on Choctaw Ridge"
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off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
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Verse 4
what's happened to your appetite?"
"I've been cookin' all morning and you
haven't touched a single bite"
Brother Taylor, dropped by today"
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"Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday,
oh, by the way"
like you up on Choctaw Ridge"
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somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
Verse 5
the news 'bout Billie Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson,
they bought a store in Tupelo
papa caught it and he died last Spring
to wanna do much of anything
flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
Verse 6
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Bb
water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C F Bb
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