Ode To Billy Joe
Bobbie GentryVersions2
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It was the third of June,
Another sleepy, dusty,
I was out choppin' cotton
And my brother was bailin' hay
And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama hollered at the back door,
"Y'all remember to wipe your feet."
Then she said,
"I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
Today Billy Joe McAllister
Jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge."
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Readable chord sheet for Ode To Billy Joe by Bobbie Gentry
It was the t[F7]hird of June, Another s[Cm7]leepy, dusty, [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]."