Ode to Billy Joe (live) chords by The 5th Dimension
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Verse 1
(C major) It was the 3rd of June,
another sleepy, dusty, delta day
(G minor) I (C major) was out chopping cotton,
and my brother was (F major) building (C major) hay,
oh yes he was,
and (F major) at dinner time we stopped and walked
back to the house to eat, (C major) (G major)
(C major) and mama hollered out the back door
Y 'all remember, Wipe Your Feet. (F major) (C major)
And then she said, (F major)
I heard the news today from
Choctaw Ridge. (C major) (G major) (G minor)
They (C major) tell me Billy Joe McGaster
(A minor) jumped (B flat major) off the Talla (B major) hatchie
(C major) Bridge. (E minor) (C major) (E minor) (C major)
Papa said to mama
as he passed around
(G minor) the black (C major) eyed peas
You know that Billy Joe
never had a liquor
since (B flat major) (C major) (B flat major) (C major) I got (F major) five more acres
In the lower forty I got to plow
(C major) And Mama said, you know
It (B flat major) (C major) was a shame about
Billy Joe anyhow
Seems like (F major) nothin'
ever comes of any good
up on Choctaw (C major) Ridge (F major) (C major)
(G major) An (E flat major) d (C major) now Billy Joe McAllister
(A minor) jumped (B flat major) off the Tallahatchie
(C major) Bridge (F major) (C major)
Brother said, you know
I recollect when me and
Tom and Billy Joe (B flat major)
put a (C major) frog down your back
at (F major) the (C major) Carroll County Picture Show (E minor) (C major)
Say, (B flat major) weren't (F major) you talkin' to him at the
church last Sunday night? (G minor) (G major)
(C major) Say, I have another (E minor) piece of tea to (C major) buy.
You know it don't seem right.
You know I (F major) saw him at
the sawmill yesterday
Way up on Chateau Ridge (C major) (G major)
An (E flat major) d now you (C major) tell me Billy Joe's (A minor)
(B flat major) Jumped off the Talla (C major) hatchie Bridge
Mama said to me, child,
what's happened to your appet (B flat major) ite? (C major)
Well, I've been cooking all morning,
you ain't touched a single bite
You know (F major) that nice young preacher,
Brother Taylor,
stopped by today, (G major) and (C major) he said,
I'd be pleased to have been on Sunday, or by the way.
I saw a (F major) girl that looked a lot like yours,
up on Shoptown Breeze
An (C major) d she and Billy Joe were throwing something (F major)
(B flat major) off the Tallahatchie (C major) Bridge (G major) (C major)
Have mercy. (E minor)
(C major) Well the year has come and gone
Since we heard the news
About Billy Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson
And they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a (F major) virus going around,
Papa caught it,
and he died last spring, an (G major) d now Mama
(C major) But doesn't feel like doing much,
much anyway
Verse 2
And (F major) me, well I spend a lot of
time picking flowers
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Verse 3
Up (F major) on Choctaw Ridge (G major)
(C major) And drop them
Verse 4
into the muddy water (B flat major)
Off (C major) the
Verse 5
Tallahatchie (E minor) Bridge (C major)
And (F major) drop them (C major) into the muddy wa (F major) ter (B flat major)
Off (C major) the Tallahatchie Bridge
Ode to Billy Joe (live)
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