Ode To Billie Joe Song Lyrics and Chords

 

Ode To Billie Joe Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobbie Gentry

 

Ode To Billie Joe
Written and Recorded by Bobbie Gentry
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It was the third of June another  
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sleepy dusty Delta  
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day
 
I was out chopping cotton and my  
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brother was a bailing  
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hay
 
At  
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dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
 
And mama  
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hollered at the backdoor y'all re
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member to wipe your  
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feet
 
She  
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said I got some news this morning from Choctaw Ridge
 
Today  
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Billie Joe McAllister jumped  
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off the Tallahatchie  
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Papa said to mama as she passed  
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around the black eyed  
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peas
 
Billie Joe never had a lick of  
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sense pass the biscuits  
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please
 
There's  
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five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow
 
And mama  
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said it was a shame about  
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Billie Joe any
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how
 
It  
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seems like nothing ever comes to no good upon Choctaw Ridge
 
And  
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now Billie Joe McAllister'
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s jumped off the Tallahatchi
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Brother said he recollected when  
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he and Tom and Billie  
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Joe
 
Put a frog down my back at the Carroll  
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County picture  
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show
 
And  
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wasn't I talking to him after church last Sunday night
 
I'll have  
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another piece of apple pie  
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you know it don't seem  
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right
 
I  
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saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
 
And  
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now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped  
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off the Tallahatchie  
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Mama said to me child what's  
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happened to your appe
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tite
 
I've been cooking all morning and you haven't  
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touched a single  
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bite
 
That  
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nice young preacher Brother Taylor dropped by today
 
Said he'd be  
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pleased to have dinner on  
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Sunday oh by the  
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way
 
He  
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said he saw a girl that's looked a lot like you upon Choctaw Ridge
 
And  
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she and Billie Joe was throwing something  
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off the Tallahatchie  
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Bridge
 
One year has come and gone since we heard the  
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news about Billie  
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Joe
 
Brother married Becky Thompson and they  
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bought a store in Tupe
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lo
 
There  
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was a virus going round and papa caught it and he died last spring
 
And now mama  
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doesn't seem to want to do  
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much of any
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thing
 
And  
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me I spent a lot of time picking flowers upon Choctaw Ridge
 
And  
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dropped them into the muddy water  
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off the Tallahatchie  
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Bridge

 

FAQ

 

Who sang the the song Ode To Billie Joe?
- The song Ode To Billie Joe was sang by Bobbie Gentry.

 

Who is Bobbie Gentry?
- Bobbie Lee Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter July 27, 1942) is a retired American singer-songwriter who was one of the first female artists to compose and produce her own material.Gentry rose to international fame in 1967 with her Southern Gothic narrative "Ode to Billie Joe". The track spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was third in the Billboard year-end chart of 1967, earning Gentry Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1968.Gentry charted 11 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and four singles on the United Kingdom Top 40. Her album Fancy brought her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. After her first albums, she had a successful run of variety shows on the Las Vegas Strip. In the late 1970s Gentry lost interest in performing, and subsequently retired from the music industry. News reports conflict on the subject of where she currently lives.

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