Ode To Billy Joe
Ode To Billy Joe

Ode To Billy Joe easy guitar chords by Jackie Wilson, Count Basie

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    • Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    the 
    3rd 
    of 
    June, 

    another 
    sleepy, 
    dusty 
    day 
    today 

    Sis 
    was 
    out 
    shopping 
    cotton, 

    yeah, 
    yeah, 
    I 
    was 
    bailing 
    hay 

    And 
    at 
    dinner 
    time 
    we 
    stopped 

    and 
    walked 
    back 
    to 
    eat 

    And 
    my 
    mama 
    hollered 
    out the 
    back 
    door, 

    Y 
    'all remember 
    to 
    wipe 
    your 
    feet 

    Then 
    she 
    said, 

    I 
    got 
    some 
    news 
    this mornin' 

    from 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    Today 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    McAllister 

    Jumped 
    off 
    the 
    Tallahassee 
    Bridge 

    You 
    know 
    my 
    papa 
    said 
    to my 
    mama 

    As 
    they passed 
    around 

    the 
    black 
    eyed 
    peas 

    Well 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    never 
    had 
    a 
    licker 
    since 

    Pass 
    the 
    biscuits 
    please 

    There's 
    five 
    more 
    acres 
    in 
    the 
    low 
    forty 

    I've 
    got 
    to 
    plow 

    And 
    mama 
    said 
    it 
    was a 
    shame 

    about 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    anyhow 

    Seem
    s 
    like 
    nothing 
    ever 

    comes 
    to 
    no 
    good 

    up 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    now 
    my 
    buddy 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    McAllister 

    jumped 
    off 
    a 
    Tallahatchie 
    bridge 

    I 
    said 
    I 
    recollected 
    when 
    me 

    and 
    Tom 
    and 
    Billy 
    Joe 

    Put 
    a frog 
    down 
    since 
    his 
    back 

    at 
    Carroll's 
    County 
    Picture 
    Show 

    And 
    I 
    was 
    talkin' 
    to him 
    at 
    church 

    last 
    Sunday 
    night 

    And 
    I 
    saw 
    him 
    at the 
    sawmill, 

    yeah, 
    and 
    it 
    seemed 
    all 
    right 

    I 
    re
    member 
    I 
    saw 
    him at 

    the 
    sawmill 

    yesterday 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    now 
    you tell 
    me, 
    Billy 
    Joe 

    jumped 
    off 
    the 
    Tallahatchie 
    Bridge 

    Mama 
    said 
    to 
    sis, 
    child, 

    what's 
    happened 

    to 
    your ap
    petite? 

    I've 
    been cooking 
    all 
    morning, 

    and 
    you 
    haven't 

    touched 
    a 
    single 
    bite 

    That 
    nice 
    young 
    preacher, 

    Brother 
    Taylor 
    dropped 
    by 
    yester
    day 

    Said 
    he'd 
    be 
    pleased 
    to 
    have 
    dinner 

    on 
    Sunday, 

    an
    d 
    by 
    the 
    way 

    He 
    said 
    he 
    saw 
    a 
    young 
    lady 
    down, 

    down 
    on 
    Choptop 
    Ridge 

    Looked 
    like 
    you, 
    she 
    and 
    Billy 
    Joe 

    was 
    throwing 
    something 
    out 

    At 
    the Talla
    hatchie 
    Bridge 

    One 
    year 
    has 
    come 
    and 
    gone 

    Since 
    we heard 
    the 
    news 

    about 
    Billy 
    Joe 

    My 
    father 
    married 
    Becky 
    Thompson 

    They 
    had 
    a 
    story 
    to 
    blow 

    There 
    was 
    a 
    virus 
    going 
    round 

    Papa 
    thought 
    he 
    could 
    die 
    last 
    spring 

    And 
    now 
    my 
    momma 
    doesn't 
    seem 

    to 
    want 
    to 
    do much 
    of 
    anything 

    And 
    me, 
    I spend 
    my 
    time 
    with 
    my 
    sis, 

    picking 
    flowers 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    We 
    take 
    them 
    and 
    drop 
    them 

    into 
    the 
    muddy 
    waters 

    off 
    of the 
    Tal
    lahatchie 
    Bridge 

    Bye 
    Billy, 
    bye 
    buddy, 
    oh 
    yeah 

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