Chords for Jim Boggia w Allison Polans, Sarah Larsen, Philip D'Agostino - 'Ode To Billie Joe' - Ukulele
Tempo:
109.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Am
C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, Delta day.
I was out chopping cotton [Am] and my brother was [D] baling hay.
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
[Bm] [G] And [D] Mama hollered out the back door,
Y'all [C] remember to wipe your feet.
[G] She said, I got some [G] news this morning from Choctaw Ridge.
[D] Today, Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
[Dm] [D]
Papa said to Mama [Am] as he passed around the black [D]-eyed peas,
Billy Joe never had [G] a licker [C] since.
[D] Pass the biscuits, please.
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I've got to plow.
And [D] Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow.
[Am] Seems [G] like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
[G]
[D] Now Billy Joe [C] McAllister's jumped off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
Brother said he recollected when he [Am] and Tom and Billy Joe
put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County [D] picture show.
[G] And wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night?
[Bm] I'll [D] have another piece of apple pie.
You know it don't seem right.
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] now you tell me Billy Joe's [E] jumped off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your apple [D] pie?
Well, I've been cooking all morning and [Am] you haven't touched a [D] single bite.
[G] That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today.
He said [D] he'd be [D] pleased to have dinner on Sunday, by the way.
He
[G] said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
And she [D] and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
A year has come and gone [Am] since we heard the news about Billy Joe.
Brother married Becky Thompson.
[Am] They bought a [D] store in Tupelo.
There [G] was a virus going [G] around.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
And [D] now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything.
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
[D]
That had the spook.
That was really, really nice.
Really good.
Yeah.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G] [Bm]
[G]
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off [C]
the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
Yeah.
Was that the end?
Yeah.
[Db]
I was out chopping cotton [Am] and my brother was [D] baling hay.
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
[Bm] [G] And [D] Mama hollered out the back door,
Y'all [C] remember to wipe your feet.
[G] She said, I got some [G] news this morning from Choctaw Ridge.
[D] Today, Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
[Dm] [D]
Papa said to Mama [Am] as he passed around the black [D]-eyed peas,
Billy Joe never had [G] a licker [C] since.
[D] Pass the biscuits, please.
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I've got to plow.
And [D] Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow.
[Am] Seems [G] like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
[G]
[D] Now Billy Joe [C] McAllister's jumped off the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
Brother said he recollected when he [Am] and Tom and Billy Joe
put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County [D] picture show.
[G] And wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night?
[Bm] I'll [D] have another piece of apple pie.
You know it don't seem right.
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] now you tell me Billy Joe's [E] jumped off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your apple [D] pie?
Well, I've been cooking all morning and [Am] you haven't touched a [D] single bite.
[G] That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today.
He said [D] he'd be [D] pleased to have dinner on Sunday, by the way.
He
[G] said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge.
And she [D] and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
A year has come and gone [Am] since we heard the news about Billy Joe.
Brother married Becky Thompson.
[Am] They bought a [D] store in Tupelo.
There [G] was a virus going [G] around.
Papa caught it and he died last spring.
And [D] now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything.
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw Ridge.
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge.
[D]
That had the spook.
That was really, really nice.
Really good.
Yeah.
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G] [Bm]
[G]
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off [C]
the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge.
Yeah.
Was that the end?
Yeah.
[Db]
Key:
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G
Am
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, Delta day. _ _ _ _ _
I was out chopping cotton [Am] and my brother was [D] baling hay. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ And [D] Mama hollered out the back door,
Y'all [C] remember to wipe your feet. _ _ _ _ _
[G] She said, I got some [G] news this morning from Choctaw _ _ Ridge. _ _ _
[D] Today, Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] _ Bridge.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
Papa said to Mama [Am] as he passed around the black [D]-eyed _ peas, _ _ _ _
Billy Joe never had [G] a licker [C] since.
[D] Pass the biscuits, please. _ _ _
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I've got to plow.
_ _ _ And [D] Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Seems [G] like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] Now Billy Joe [C] McAllister's jumped off the [D] Tallahatchie _ Bridge. _ _ _ _
Brother said he recollected when he [Am] and Tom and Billy Joe _ _ _ _ _
put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County [D] picture show. _ _ _ _
[G] And wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night? _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I'll [D] have another piece of apple pie.
_ You know it don't seem right. _ _
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ And [D] now you tell me Billy Joe's [E] jumped off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your apple [D] pie?
_ Well, _ _ _ I've been cooking all morning and [Am] you haven't touched a [D] single bite. _ _ _ _
[G] That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today.
_ _ _ _ He said [D] he'd be [D] pleased to have dinner on Sunday, _ by the way.
He _ _ _ _
[G] said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ And she [D] and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _ _ _ _ _
A year has come and gone [Am] since we heard the news about Billy Joe. _ _ _ _ _
Brother married Becky Thompson.
[Am] _ They bought a [D] store in Tupelo.
_ _ _ _ There [G] was a virus going [G] around.
Papa caught it and he died last _ spring.
_ _ And [D] now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] _ _ Bridge. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That had the spook.
That was really, really nice.
Really good.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off [C]
the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
Was that the end?
Yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, Delta day. _ _ _ _ _
I was out chopping cotton [Am] and my brother was [D] baling hay. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat.
_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ And [D] Mama hollered out the back door,
Y'all [C] remember to wipe your feet. _ _ _ _ _
[G] She said, I got some [G] news this morning from Choctaw _ _ Ridge. _ _ _
[D] Today, Billy Joe McAllister [C] jumped off the Tallahatchie [D] _ Bridge.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
Papa said to Mama [Am] as he passed around the black [D]-eyed _ peas, _ _ _ _
Billy Joe never had [G] a licker [C] since.
[D] Pass the biscuits, please. _ _ _
[G] There's five more acres in the lower 40 I've got to plow.
_ _ _ And [D] Mama said it was a shame about Billy Joe anyhow. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Seems [G] like nothing ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] Now Billy Joe [C] McAllister's jumped off the [D] Tallahatchie _ Bridge. _ _ _ _
Brother said he recollected when he [Am] and Tom and Billy Joe _ _ _ _ _
put a frog down my [Am] back at the Carroll County [D] picture show. _ _ _ _
[G] And wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night? _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I'll [D] have another piece of apple pie.
_ You know it don't seem right. _ _
[G] I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ And [D] now you tell me Billy Joe's [E] jumped off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mama said to me, [Am] child, what's happened to your apple [D] pie?
_ Well, _ _ _ I've been cooking all morning and [Am] you haven't touched a [D] single bite. _ _ _ _
[G] That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today.
_ _ _ _ He said [D] he'd be [D] pleased to have dinner on Sunday, _ by the way.
He _ _ _ _
[G] said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ And she [D] and Billy Joe was throwing [C] something off the Tallahatchie [D] Bridge. _ _ _ _ _
A year has come and gone [Am] since we heard the news about Billy Joe. _ _ _ _ _
Brother married Becky Thompson.
[Am] _ They bought a [D] store in Tupelo.
_ _ _ _ There [G] was a virus going [G] around.
Papa caught it and he died last _ spring.
_ _ And [D] now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw _ _ Ridge.
_ _ And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off the [C] Tallahatchie [D] _ _ Bridge. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That had the spook.
That was really, really nice.
Really good.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
And [D] drop them into the muddy [Bb] water off [C]
the [D] Tallahatchie Bridge. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah.
Was that the end?
Yeah.
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _