Ode To Billie Joe (Live) Chords
Tempo:
112.25 bpm
Chords used:
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C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] I mentioned a bit [Ab] earlier that I was born in Chickasaw County.
When I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta.
And we lived between two rivers.
One was the Azu and the other was [D] the Tallahatchie.
It was the third of June, [Am] another sleepy dusty [G] Delta [D] day.
I was out chopping cotton [G] and [Am] my brother was [G] baling [D] hay.
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
And [D] mama hollered at the [C] back door, y'all remember to wipe [D] your feet.
And then [G] she said I got some news this morning from Choctaw Ridge.
[D] Today Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Papa said to [G] mama [Am] as he passed around the black eyed [D] peas,
he said, I got to go to the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Oh Billy Joe never had [Am] liquor since, [G] pass [D] the biscuits please.
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I got to plow.
[D] Mama said it was a [G] shame about Billy Joe.
[D] And he had.
[G] Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
[Em] And now [D] Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
met.
Put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County Picture [D] Show.
And [G] wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night.
[D] I'll have another piece of apple pie.
[Am] [G] You know it [D] don't seem right.
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday up on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] now you [A] tell me Billy Joe's [C] jumped off the [G] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your [D] appetite?
Well I've been cooking all morning [Am] and you haven't touched a single [D] bite.
[G] That nice young preacher brother Taylor dropped by today.
[Db] [D] Said he'd be pleased to have dinner [G] on Sunday.
[D]
Oh by the way, [G] he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
[D] She and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
A year has [Am] come and gone since we heard the news [D] about Billy Joe.
Brother Mary Becky [Am] Thompson, they bought a store in [D] Tupelo.
[G] There was a virus going round.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
And [D] now mama doesn't seem [Am] to want to do much of [D] anything.
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
[D] They drop them into the muddy [C] water of the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
[Ab] [C] [D]
When I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta.
And we lived between two rivers.
One was the Azu and the other was [D] the Tallahatchie.
It was the third of June, [Am] another sleepy dusty [G] Delta [D] day.
I was out chopping cotton [G] and [Am] my brother was [G] baling [D] hay.
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
And [D] mama hollered at the [C] back door, y'all remember to wipe [D] your feet.
And then [G] she said I got some news this morning from Choctaw Ridge.
[D] Today Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Papa said to [G] mama [Am] as he passed around the black eyed [D] peas,
he said, I got to go to the Tallahatchie Bridge.
Oh Billy Joe never had [Am] liquor since, [G] pass [D] the biscuits please.
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I got to plow.
[D] Mama said it was a [G] shame about Billy Joe.
[D] And he had.
[G] Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
[Em] And now [D] Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
met.
Put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County Picture [D] Show.
And [G] wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night.
[D] I'll have another piece of apple pie.
[Am] [G] You know it [D] don't seem right.
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday up on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] now you [A] tell me Billy Joe's [C] jumped off the [G] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your [D] appetite?
Well I've been cooking all morning [Am] and you haven't touched a single [D] bite.
[G] That nice young preacher brother Taylor dropped by today.
[Db] [D] Said he'd be pleased to have dinner [G] on Sunday.
[D]
Oh by the way, [G] he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
[D] She and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
A year has [Am] come and gone since we heard the news [D] about Billy Joe.
Brother Mary Becky [Am] Thompson, they bought a store in [D] Tupelo.
[G] There was a virus going round.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
And [D] now mama doesn't seem [Am] to want to do much of [D] anything.
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
[D] They drop them into the muddy [C] water of the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
[Ab] [C] [D]
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[A] I mentioned a bit [Ab] earlier that I was born in Chickasaw County.
When I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta. _ _
And we lived between two rivers.
One was the Azu and the other was [D] the Tallahatchie. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It was the third of June, [Am] another sleepy dusty [G] Delta [D] day. _
_ _ _ _ I was out chopping cotton [G] and [Am] my brother was [G] baling [D] hay. _
_ _ _ _ [G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat. _
_ _ _ And [D] mama hollered at the [C] back door, y'all remember to wipe [D] your feet. _
_ _ _ And then [G] she said I got some news this morning from Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ _ [D] Today Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _
_ _ _ _ _ Papa said to [G] mama [Am] as he passed around the black eyed [D] peas,
he _ _ said, I got to go to the Tallahatchie Bridge.
_ Oh Billy Joe never had [Am] liquor since, _ [G] pass [D] the biscuits _ please.
_ _ _ [G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I got to plow. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Mama said it was a [G] shame about Billy Joe.
[D] And he had. _
_ _ _ [G] Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ [Em] And now [D] Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _
_ _ _ _ _ Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
_ _ _ met.
Put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County Picture [D] Show. _
_ _ _ And [G] wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night. _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'll have another piece of apple pie.
_ _ _ [Am] [G] You know it [D] don't seem right.
_ _ _ [G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday up on Choctaw Ridge. _
_ _ _ And [D] now you [A] tell me Billy Joe's [C] jumped off the [G] Tallahatchie [D] _ Bridge.
_ _ _ _ _ Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your [D] appetite? _
_ _ _ Well I've been cooking all morning [Am] and you haven't touched a single [D] bite. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] That nice young preacher brother Taylor dropped by today. _
_ _ _ _ [Db] [D] Said he'd be pleased to have dinner [G] on Sunday.
_ [D] _ _ _
Oh by the way, _ [G] he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ _ _ [D] She and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
_ _ _ _ _ _ A year has [Am] come and gone since we heard the news [D] about Billy Joe. _
_ _ _ _ _ Brother Mary Becky [Am] Thompson, they bought a store in [D] Tupelo. _ _
_ _ _ [G] There was a virus going round.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
_ _ _ _ And [D] now mama doesn't seem [Am] to want to do much of [D] anything. _
_ _ _ _ [G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ _ [D] They drop them into the muddy [C] water of the _ [D] Tallahatchie Bridge. _ _
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
When I was six we moved to another region in Mississippi called the Delta. _ _
And we lived between two rivers.
One was the Azu and the other was [D] the Tallahatchie. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It was the third of June, [Am] another sleepy dusty [G] Delta [D] day. _
_ _ _ _ I was out chopping cotton [G] and [Am] my brother was [G] baling [D] hay. _
_ _ _ _ [G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat. _
_ _ _ And [D] mama hollered at the [C] back door, y'all remember to wipe [D] your feet. _
_ _ _ And then [G] she said I got some news this morning from Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ _ [D] Today Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _
_ _ _ _ _ Papa said to [G] mama [Am] as he passed around the black eyed [D] peas,
he _ _ said, I got to go to the Tallahatchie Bridge.
_ Oh Billy Joe never had [Am] liquor since, _ [G] pass [D] the biscuits _ please.
_ _ _ [G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I got to plow. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Mama said it was a [G] shame about Billy Joe.
[D] And he had. _
_ _ _ [G] Seems like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ [Em] And now [D] Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _
_ _ _ _ _ Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billy Joe
_ _ _ met.
Put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County Picture [D] Show. _
_ _ _ And [G] wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night. _
_ _ _ _ [D] I'll have another piece of apple pie.
_ _ _ [Am] [G] You know it [D] don't seem right.
_ _ _ [G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday up on Choctaw Ridge. _
_ _ _ And [D] now you [A] tell me Billy Joe's [C] jumped off the [G] Tallahatchie [D] _ Bridge.
_ _ _ _ _ Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your [D] appetite? _
_ _ _ Well I've been cooking all morning [Am] and you haven't touched a single [D] bite. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] That nice young preacher brother Taylor dropped by today. _
_ _ _ _ [Db] [D] Said he'd be pleased to have dinner [G] on Sunday.
_ [D] _ _ _
Oh by the way, _ [G] he said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ _ _ [D] She and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
_ _ _ _ _ _ A year has [Am] come and gone since we heard the news [D] about Billy Joe. _
_ _ _ _ _ Brother Mary Becky [Am] Thompson, they bought a store in [D] Tupelo. _ _
_ _ _ [G] There was a virus going round.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
_ _ _ _ And [D] now mama doesn't seem [Am] to want to do much of [D] anything. _
_ _ _ _ [G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ _ [D] They drop them into the muddy [C] water of the _ [D] Tallahatchie Bridge. _ _
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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