Chords for Ode to Billy Joe (Lesson)
Tempo:
109.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] Hi Bad Axe Mikey with you.
[Gm] This is [Bm] Ode to [A] Billy Joe Bobby Gentry [Eb] tune
[Gm] It's an empty guitar part.
You [C] take the regular open C
bring it up [A] to to the D [D] and add the
That's the little [Ab] finger on the [Bb] fifth [F] fret of [A] the [D] G string
Pick like this
[Dm]
[Am]
[A] That's how it's [D] like this
It was
Now [Bm]
it goes to an a [Bb] minor and the way [Dm] I play this I just put my middle finger [A] on the fat E string
and then lay your your
ring finger across [Eb] four strings
[C] D G [Am] B and E all there
These ones kind of deadened
[G] [A]
So [D] it's another
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[G] Now [Bb] it's [G] G7
[D]
Coffee [G] she said I got some
[D]
[C]
[D]
What's [Am] happening
[D]
I've been cooking all morning you [Am] haven't touched a single [D] pie
[G] That nice young preacher brother didn't drop by today
Said he'd [D] be pleased to have dinner on Sunday
[G] He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like him chopped off her head
[D] [C]
[D]
[G] That's [D] pretty much it
[Gm] This is [Bm] Ode to [A] Billy Joe Bobby Gentry [Eb] tune
[Gm] It's an empty guitar part.
You [C] take the regular open C
bring it up [A] to to the D [D] and add the
That's the little [Ab] finger on the [Bb] fifth [F] fret of [A] the [D] G string
Pick like this
[Dm]
[Am]
[A] That's how it's [D] like this
It was
Now [Bm]
it goes to an a [Bb] minor and the way [Dm] I play this I just put my middle finger [A] on the fat E string
and then lay your your
ring finger across [Eb] four strings
[C] D G [Am] B and E all there
These ones kind of deadened
[G] [A]
So [D] it's another
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
[G] Now [Bb] it's [G] G7
[D]
Coffee [G] she said I got some
[D]
[C]
[D]
What's [Am] happening
[D]
I've been cooking all morning you [Am] haven't touched a single [D] pie
[G] That nice young preacher brother didn't drop by today
Said he'd [D] be pleased to have dinner on Sunday
[G] He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like him chopped off her head
[D] [C]
[D]
[G] That's [D] pretty much it
Key:
D
G
A
Am
C
D
G
A
[Eb] Hi Bad Axe Mikey with you.
[Gm] _ This is [Bm] Ode to [A] Billy Joe Bobby Gentry [Eb] tune
[Gm] It's an empty guitar part.
You [C] take the regular open C
bring it up [A] to to the D [D] and add the
_ _ _ That's the little [Ab] finger on the [Bb] fifth [F] fret of [A] the [D] G string
_ _ _ _ Pick like this
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ That's how it's [D] like this _ _
_ It was
_ _ Now [Bm]
it goes to an a [Bb] minor and the way [Dm] I play this I just put my middle finger [A] on the fat E string
and then lay your your
ring finger across [Eb] four strings
_ [C] D G [Am] B and E all there _ _
These ones kind of deadened
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
So [D] it's another _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Now _ _ _ [Bb] it's [G] G7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Coffee [G] she said I got some _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What's [Am] happening _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
I've been cooking all morning you [Am] haven't touched a single [D] pie _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] That nice young preacher brother didn't drop by today _ _ _ _ _ _
Said he'd [D] be pleased to have dinner on Sunday _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like him chopped off her head _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ That's [D] pretty much it
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ This is [Bm] Ode to [A] Billy Joe Bobby Gentry [Eb] tune
[Gm] It's an empty guitar part.
You [C] take the regular open C
bring it up [A] to to the D [D] and add the
_ _ _ That's the little [Ab] finger on the [Bb] fifth [F] fret of [A] the [D] G string
_ _ _ _ Pick like this
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ That's how it's [D] like this _ _
_ It was
_ _ Now [Bm]
it goes to an a [Bb] minor and the way [Dm] I play this I just put my middle finger [A] on the fat E string
and then lay your your
ring finger across [Eb] four strings
_ [C] D G [Am] B and E all there _ _
These ones kind of deadened
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
So [D] it's another _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Now _ _ _ [Bb] it's [G] G7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Coffee [G] she said I got some _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ What's [Am] happening _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
I've been cooking all morning you [Am] haven't touched a single [D] pie _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] That nice young preacher brother didn't drop by today _ _ _ _ _ _
Said he'd [D] be pleased to have dinner on Sunday _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like him chopped off her head _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ That's [D] pretty much it
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _