Ode To Billy Joe
Ode To Billy Joe

Ode To Billy Joe easy guitar chords by Tammy Wynette

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    • Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    the third 
    of 
    June, 

    another 
    sleepy, 
    dusty 
    Delta 
    day 

    I 
    was 
    out 
    choppin' 
    cotton 
    and 

    my 
    brother 
    was 
    balin' 
    hay 

    And 
    at 
    dinner 
    time 
    we stopped 
    and 

    walked 
    back 
    to 
    the 
    house 
    to 
    eat 

    And 
    mama 
    hollered 
    out 
    the 
    back 
    door, 

    "Y'all, 
    remember 
    to 
    wipe 
    your 
    feet" 

    And 
    then 
    she said, 

    "I 
    got 
    some 
    news 
    this 
    mornin' 
    from 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    Today, 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    MacAllister 
    jumped 

    off 
    the 
    Tallahatchie 
    Bridge" 


    Verse 2
    Papa 
    said 
    to 
    mama, 

    as 
    he 
    passed 
    around 
    the 
    blackeyed peas 

    "Well, 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    never 
    had 
    a lick 
    of sense, 

    pass 
    the 
    biscuits, 
    please 

    There's 
    five 
    more 
    acres 
    in 
    the 
    lower, 

    40 I've 
    got 
    to plow" 

    And 
    mama 
    said 
    it 
    was 
    shame 
    about 
    Billy 
    Joe, 

    anyhow 

    Seems 
    like 
    nothin' 
    ever 
    comes 
    to 

    no 
    good 
    up 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    now 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    MacAllister's 
    jumped 

    off 
    the 
    Tallahatchie 
    Bridge 


    Verse 3
    Brother 
    said 
    he recollected 
    when 
    he, 

    and 
    Tom 
    and 
    Billie 
    Joe 

    Put 
    a 
    frog 
    down 
    my 
    back 
    at 
    the 

    Carroll 
    County 
    picture 
    show 

    And 
    wasn't 
    I 
    talkin' 
    to 
    him 

    after 
    church 
    last 
    Sunday 
    night? 

    I'll 
    have 
    an
    other 
    piece- 
    a 
    apple 
    pie, 

    you 
    know, 
    it 
    don't 
    seem 
    right 

    I saw 
    him 
    at 
    the sawmill 
    yesterday 

    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    now 
    you 
    tell 
    me 
    Billie 
    Joe 
    has 

    jumped 
    off 
    the 
    Tallahatchie 
    Bridge 

    Verse 4

    And 
    mama 
    said 
    to 
    me, 
    "Child, 

    what's 
    happened 
    to 
    your 
    appetite? 

    Well, 
    I've 
    been 
    cookin' 
    all 
    morning, 

    and 
    you 
    haven't 
    touched 
    a 
    single 
    bite 

    That 
    nice 
    young 
    preacher, 

    Brother 
    Taylor, 
    dropped 
    by 
    today 

    Said 
    he'd 
    be 
    pleased 
    to 
    have 
    dinner 
    on 
    Sunday, 

    oh, 
    by 
    the 
    way 

    He 
    said 
    he saw 
    a girl 
    that 
    looked 
    a lot 

    like 
    you 
    up 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    she 
    and 
    Billy 
    Joe 
    was 
    throwing 

    somethin' 
    off 
    the Talla
    hatchie 
    Bridge" 

    Verse 5
    A 
    year 
    has 
    come 
    and gone 
    since 
    we 

    heard 
    the news 
    about 
    Billy 
    Joe 

    Brother 
    married 
    Becky 
    Thompson, 

    they 
    bought 
    a store 
    in 
    Tupelo 

    There 
    was 
    a virus 
    going 
    'round, 

    papa 
    caught 
    it 
    and 
    he died 
    last 
    spring 

    And 
    now 
    mama 
    doesn't 
    seem 

    to want 
    to 
    do 
    much 
    of 
    anything 

    And 
    me, 
    I spend 
    a lot 
    of time 
    pickin' 

    flowers 
    up 
    on 
    Choctaw 
    Ridge 

    And 
    drop 
    'em 
    into 
    the muddy 

    water 
    off 
    the 
    Tallahatchie 
    Bridge 

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