Ode to billy joe Bobbie Gentry

It was the t[F7]hird of June,

Another s[Cm7]leepy, dusty, Delta Day [F7]

I was [F7]out choppin' cotton

And my b[Cm7]rother was bailin' hay[F7]

And at d[Bb7]inner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat

And Mama h[F7]ollered at the back door,

"Y'all re[Cm7]member to wipe your feet."[F7]

Then she sai[Bb7]d,

"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge

Today B[F7]illy Joe McAllister

Jumped [Eb7]off the Tallahatchee Bridge[F]."

Michael shaw

shaw95@wharton.upenn.edu

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas

"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick o'sense, pass the biscuits please

There's five more acres in the lower forty I've go to plow."

And Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow

Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge

And now Billy Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe

Put a frog down my back at the Carrol Country picture show

And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night

I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know, it don't seem right

I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge

And now you tell me Billy Joe jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

Mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite?

I been cookin' all mornin' 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 an' Billy Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchee Bridge."

A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe

Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo

There was a virus goin' 'round, Papa caught it and 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 them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

ABOVE ADDITIONAL LYRICS SUBMITTED BY:

ah827@rgfn.epcc.edu (Gene L. Graham)

Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.roughstock.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.

Normal Lyrics Chords Tabs ChordPro

Small Medium Large

Start 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Text color:
Chord color:
Chord grids:
Font size:
Page size:

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/chordiepro/include/panel.inc on line 55

Rate #0 of 0 versions

Jango Player

Ode to billy joe

Login - add to songbook

{t:Ode to billy joe}
{st:Bobbie Gentry}

##----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#
#
#Date: Thu, 24 Apr 97 22:22:08 MDT
#From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)
#Subject: ODE TO BILLY JOE
#
#
#"Ode to Billy Joe"
#
#Key of F, Common Time "With a beat"
#
#Words and music by Bobbie Gentry
It was the t[F7]hird of June,
Another s[Cm7]leepy, dusty, Delta Day [F7]
I was [F7]out choppin' cotton
And my b[Cm7]rother was bailin' hay[F7]
And at d[Bb7]inner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama h[F7]ollered at the back door,
"Y'all re[Cm7]member to wipe your feet."[F7]
Then she sai[Bb7]d,

"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today B[F7]illy Joe McAllister
Jumped [Eb7]off the Tallahatchee Bridge[F]."

Michael shaw
shaw95@wharton.upenn.edu
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas
"Well, Billy Joe never had a lick o'sense, pass the biscuits please
There's five more acres in the lower forty I've go to plow."
And Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow
Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
And now Billy Joe McAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
Put a frog down my back at the Carrol Country picture show
And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night
I'll have another piece of apple pie, you know, it don't seem right
I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And now you tell me Billy Joe jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

Mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite?
I been cookin' all mornin' 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 an' Billy Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchee Bridge."

A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe
Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo
There was a virus goin' 'round, Papa caught it and 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 them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchee Bridge.

ABOVE ADDITIONAL LYRICS SUBMITTED BY:
ah827@rgfn.epcc.edu (Gene L. Graham)

You need to log in to post comments

wvapenny (report)

This is a Great Job! Thank You;
from wvapenny PMc