Ode To Billie Joe
Ton : GEnglish
GIt was the third of June another Dmsleepy dusty Delta Gday
I was out chopping cotton and my Dmbrother was a bailing Ghay
At Cdinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And mama Ghollered at the backdoor y'all reDmmember to wipe your Gfeet
She Csaid I got some news this morning from Choctaw Ridge
Today GBillie Joe McAllister jumped F7off the Tallahatchie GBridge
Papa said to mama as she passed Dmaround the black eyed Gpeas
Billie Joe never had a lick of Dmsense pass the biscuits Gplease
There's Cfive more acres in the lower forty I got to plow
And mama Gsaid it was a shame about DmBillie Joe anyGhow
It Cseems like nothing ever comes to no good upon Choctaw Ridge
And Gnow Billie Joe McAllister's F7jumped off the Tallahatchie GBridge
Brother said he recollected when Dmhe and Tom and Billie GJoe
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll DmCounty picture Gshow
And Cwasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night
I'll have Ganother piece of apple pie Dmyou know it don't seem Gright
I Csaw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
And Gnow you tell me Billie Joe's jumped F7off the Tallahatchie GBridge
Mama said to me child what's Dmhappened to your appeGtite
I've been cooking all morning and you haven't Dmtouched a single Gbite
That Cnice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today
Said he'd be Gpleased to have dinner on DmSunday oh by the Gway
He Csaid he saw a girl that's looked a lot like you upon Choctaw Ridge
And Gshe and Billie Joe was throwing something F7off the Tallahatchie GBridge
One year has come and gone since we heard the Dmnews about Billie GJoe
Brother married Becky Thompson and they Dmbought a store in TupeGlo
There Cwas a virus going round and papa caught it and he died last spring
And now mama Gdoesn't seem to want to do Dmmuch of anyGthing
And Cme I spent a lot of time picking flowers upon Choctaw Ridge
And Gdropped them into the muddy water F7off the Tallahatchie GBridge