GuitarTuna Logo

GuitarTuna

Get the full experience in app

Open

Ode To Billy Joe chords by
Melveen Leed
Melveen Leed
Logo

N/A
Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

It was the 3rd of June,

another sleepy dusty day today

I was out chatting cotton

and my brother was a
Ebdim
Ebdim

View detailed Ebdim chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

-bathing hay
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And at din ner time we stopped

and walked back to the house to eat
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And Mama hollered at the back door,

you all remember to wipe your feet

And then she said,
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I got some news this mornin'

from up Shocter Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Today Billy Joe McAllister
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Papa said to Mama

as he passed around

the Black Eyed Peas

Oh, Billy Joe never had liquor since

Pass the biscuits, please
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

There's five more acres in

the lower forty I got to plow
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And Mama said it was a shame

about Billy Joe, anyhow
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Since nothing ever comes to no good

on top of Shock Tower Bridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And now Billy Joe McAllister
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Brother said he recollected

When he and Tom and Billy Joe

Put a frog down my back

At the Carroll County Picture Show
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And was n't I talking to him after

church last Sunday night?
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I'll have another piece of apple pie,

you know, it don't seem right
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I saw him at the sawmill yesterday,

up on Charter Ridge
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And now you tell me Billy Joe
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

Mama said to me, child,

what's happened to you half the time?

I have been cooking all morning

and you haven't touched a single bite
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That knife breacher, Brother Taylor,
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

dropped by today
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Said he would be pleased

to have dinner on Sunday
Dm
Dm

View detailed Dm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Oh, by the way
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

He said he saw a girl

that looked a lot like you
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Gm
Gm
3

View detailed Gm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Up on Choctaw Ridge
G
G

View detailed G chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

She and Billy Joe was throwing something
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
D
D

View detailed D chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Ebm
Ebm
6

View detailed Ebm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

off the Tallahatchie Bridge
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

A year has come and gone
Ebm
Ebm
6

View detailed Ebm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

since we heard the news
Ebm
Ebm
6

View detailed Ebm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

about Billy Joe

Brother married Becky Thompson
Ebm
Ebm
6

View detailed Ebm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

and they bought the store in Tupelo
Abm
Abm
4

View detailed Abm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Ab
Ab
4

View detailed Ab chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

There was a virus goin' round,

Papa caught it and he died last
Abm
Abm
4

View detailed Abm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Ebm
Ebm
6

View detailed Ebm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Ab
Ab
4

View detailed Ab chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

spring
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And now Mama doesn't seem to

wanna do much of anything
Abm
Abm
4

View detailed Abm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And me, I spend a lot of time

pickin' flowers
Ab
Ab
4

View detailed Ab chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Abm
Abm
4

View detailed Abm chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

up on Choctaw Ridge
Ab
Ab
4

View detailed Ab chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And drop them into the muddy waters
Db
Db
4

View detailed Db chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Eb
Eb
6

View detailed Eb chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

of the Tallahatchie Bridge

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Billy Joe,

Billy Joe, Billy Joe

Oh, my Billy Joe

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

How did you like the song?

You need to log in to leave a rating.
TunerE A D G B E

Open Tuner
ChordsD Ebdim G C Gm...

  • D

  • Ebdim

  • G

  • C

  • Gm

    3

  • Dm

  • Eb

    6

  • Ebm

    6

  • Abm

    4

  • Ab

    4

  • Db

    4

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Ebdim

  • G

  • C

  • Gm

    3

  • Dm

  • Eb

    6

  • Ebm

    6

  • Abm

    4

  • Ab

    4

  • Db

    4

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Autoscroll20%

More songs by Melveen Leed

Discover chords for more songs to play

Melveen Leed

The Music Of Hawaii

Melveen Leed

Besame Mucho

Melveen Leed

My Hawaiian Country

Melveen Leed

Country Girl

Melveen Leed

My Little Grass Shack, In Kealakekua Hawaii

Melveen Leed

Blue Hawaii

Melveen Leed

White Christmas

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Melveen Leed

The Music Of Hawaii

Melveen Leed

John Legend

All Of Me

John Legend

Kansas

Dust In The Wind

Kansas

The Beatles

Let It Be

The Beatles

Melveen Leed

My Hawaiian Country

Melveen Leed

Junior H

Ella

Junior H

Radiohead

Creep

Radiohead

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Just Remember I Love You

Firefall

The Engine Driver

The Decemberists

Dark Necessities

Red Hot Chili Peppers

A las nueve

No Te Va Gustar

Soledad

DannyLux

Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)

Limp Bizkit

It Is What It Is

Jenna Raine