Ode To Billie Joe

ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobby Gentry It^was^the E7 Bm7 E7 ||: Third of^June e^an oth^er | sleep^y dust^y Del ta^day | y^y^y^y yy / | ||: Pa^pa said^to Ma^ma as^he | passed^a round^the black eyed^peas | s^s^s^s ss / | ||: Bro^ther said^he re^col lect^ed | when^he and^Tom and^Bill ie^Joe | e^e^e^e ee / | ||: and^Ma ma^said to^me child | whats^hap pened^to your^ap pe^tite | e^e^e^e ee / | ||: A year^has come^and gone^since | we^heard the^news bout^Bil ly^Joe | e^e^e^e ee / | Bm7 | / / / I^was | ou^t chop^ping cot^ton and^my | ^broth er ^was bal ing^hay | | / / / Well | Bill^y Joe^ne ver^had a^lick of^sense | ^pass the ^bis cuits please | | / / / Put^a | frog^down my^back at^the Car^roll | ^Coun ty ^pict ure show | | / / / Ive^been | cook^ing all^morn ing^and you^have | n't touched a^sin gle^bite | | / / / Broth^er | mar^ried Beck^y Thomp^son they | bought a^store in^Tu pe^lo | E7 A7 | y^y^y^y yy / | / / / And^at | din^ner time^we ^stopped and ^walked | | e^e^e^e ee / | / / / There^s | five^more acr^es in^the lo^wer | | w^w^w^w ww / | / / / And^was | n't ^I talk^ing to^him af^ter | | e^e^e^e ee / | / / / That^nice | young preach^er Bro^ther Tay^lor | | o^o^o^o oo / | / / / There^was | a^vi rus^go ing^round Pa^pa | | back^to the^house ee e^to | e^a tt / / | / / ~ And^Ma^ma | | for^ty I've^got tt t^to | p^l ow / / | / / ~ And^Ma^ma | | church last Sun day | ni^g ht / / | / / ~ I’ll^have^an | | dropped by yy to | d^a yy / / | / / ~ Said^he'd^be | | caught^it and^he died last | Spr^in gg / / | / / ~ And^now | E7 Bm7 | hol^lered at^the back^door y'all^re | ^mem ber ^to wipe your^feet | | said^it was a^ shame a^bout | ^Bil ly ^Joe an y^how | | o^ther piece^of ap^ple pie | you^know it^don't seem right | | pleased to^have din^ner on^Sun | day oh by the^way | | Ma^ma does^n't seem^to wan^na | ^do much ^of an^y thing | E7 A7 | t^t^t^t tt / | / / / Then^she | said^I^got^some news this^morn | | w^w^w^w ww / | / / / Seems^like | noth^ing ev^er comes to^no | | t^t^t^t tt / | / / / I | saw^him at^the saw mill^yes | | y^y^y^y yy / | / / ~ He^said^he | saw^a girl^that looked^a lot^like | | g^g^g^g gg / | / / / And^me | I^spend a^lot of^time pick^ing | | n ing from^Choc taw ^Ri | d^g ee ee ee | / / ~ To^da^y | | ^good up on^Choc taw ^Ri | d^g ee ee ee | / / / And^now | | ^ter day on^Choc taw ^Ri | d^g ee ee ee | / / / And^now | | ^you up on^Choc taw ^Ri | d^g ee ee ee | / / ~ And^she^and | | flo^wers^up on^Choc taw ^Ri | d^g ee ee ee | / / / And^drop | E7 D7 E7 | Bil^ly Joe^Mac Al^lis ter^jumped | off^the Tal^la ^hat chee ^Bridge | / / / / | / / / :|| | Bil^ly Joe^Mac Al^lis ter^jumped | off^the Tal^la ^hat chee ^Bridge | / / / / | / / / :|| | You^tell me^Bil lie^Joe's jumped | off^the Tal^la ^hat chee ^Bridge | / / / / | / / / :|| | Bil^ly Joe^was throw^ing some^thing | off^the Tal^la ^hat chee ^Bridge | / / / / | / / / :|| | them^in to^the mud^dy wat^er | off^the Tal^la ^hat chee ^Bridge | //// | //// | //// | //// ||