Ode To Billy Joe
Ode To Billy Joe

Ode To Billy Joe easy guitar chords by The Fifth Dimension

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    6
    • Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    the 
    3rd 
    of 

    June, 
    another 
    sleepy, 
    dusty, 
    delta 
    day 

    I 
    was 
    out 
    chopping 
    cotton, 
    and 
    my 
    brother 
    was 
    building 
    hay, 
    oh 
    yes 
    he 
    was, 

    and 
    at 
    dinner 
    time 
    we 
    stopped 
    and 
    walked 
    back 
    to 
    the 
    house 
    to eat, 
    and 
    mama 
    hollered 
    out 
    the 
    back 
    door 

    Y 
    'all remember, 

    Wipe 

    Your 

    Feet. 

    And 
    then 
    she said, 
    I 
    heard 
    the news 
    today 

    from 

    Choctaw 

    Ridge. 

    They 
    tell 
    me 

    Billy 

    Joe 

    McGaster 
    jumped 
    off 

    the 

    Talla
    hatchie 

    Bridge. 

    Papa 
    said 
    to mama 
    as 
    he 
    passed 

    around 
    the 
    black 
    eyed 
    peas 

    You 
    know 
    that 

    Billy 

    Joe 
    never 
    had 
    a liquor 
    since 

    I 
    got 
    five 
    more 
    acres 

    In 
    the 
    lower 
    forty 
    I 
    got 
    to plow 

    And 

    Mama 
    said, 
    you 
    know 

    It 
    was 
    a shame 
    about 

    Billy 

    Joe 
    anyhow 

    Seems 
    like 
    nothin' 
    ever comes 

    of any 
    good 
    up 
    on 

    Choctaw 

    Ridge 

    An
    d 
    now 

    Billy 

    Joe 

    McAllister 
    jumped 
    off 
    the 

    Tallahatchie 

    Bridge 

    Brother 
    said, 

    you 
    know I recollect 
    when 
    me 
    and 

    Tom 
    and 

    Billy 

    Joe 

    put 
    a 
    frog 
    down 
    your back 
    at 
    the 

    Carroll 

    County 

    Picture 

    Show 

    Say, 
    weren't 
    you talkin' 
    to 

    him at 
    the 
    church 
    last 

    Sunday 
    night? 

    Say, 
    I 
    have another 
    piece of 
    tea 
    to 
    buy. 

    You 
    know 
    it 
    don't 
    seem 
    right. 

    You 
    know 
    I 
    saw 
    him at 

    the 
    sawmill 
    yesterday 

    Way 
    up on 

    Chateau 

    Ridge 

    An
    d 
    now 
    you 
    tell 
    me 

    Billy 

    Joe's 

    Jumped 
    off the 

    Talla
    hatchie 

    Bridge 

    Mama 
    said 
    to me, 
    child, 

    what's 
    happened 
    to your 
    appet
    ite? 

    Well, 
    I've 
    been 
    cooking 
    all 
    morning, 

    you 
    ain't touched 
    a 
    single 
    bite 

    You 
    know 
    that 
    nice 
    young 
    preacher, 

    Brother 

    Taylor, 
    stopped 
    by 
    today, 
    and 
    he 
    said, 

    I'd 
    be 
    pleased to 
    have been 
    on 

    Sunday, 
    or 
    by 
    the 
    way. 

    I 
    saw 
    a 
    girl 
    that 
    looked 
    a lot 
    like yours, 

    up on 

    Shoptown 

    Breeze 

    An
    d 
    she 
    and 

    Billy 

    Joe 
    were 
    throwing 
    something 

    off 
    the 

    Tallahatchie 

    Bridge 

    Have 
    mercy. 

    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 
    virus 
    going 
    around, 

    Papa 
    caught 
    it, 
    and 
    he 
    died 
    last 
    spring, 

    an
    d 
    now 

    Mama 

    But 
    doesn't 
    feel 
    like 
    doing 
    much, 

    much 
    anyway 

    Verse 2
    And 
    me, 
    well 
    I 
    spend 
    a lot of 

    time 
    picking 
    flowers 

    Verse 3
    Up 
    on 

    Choctaw 

    Ridge 

    And 
    drop 
    them 
    Verse 4
    into 
    the 
    muddy 
    water 

    Off 
    the 
    Verse 5

    Tallahatchie 

    Bridge 

    And 
    drop 
    them 
    into 
    the 
    muddy 
    wa
    ter 

    Off 
    the 

    Tallahatchie 

    Bridge 


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