Chords
[Intro]
D7
[Verse 1]
It was the D7third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day
I was out choppin' cotton, and my Ambrother was balin' hay D7
And at G7dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat
And Mama D7hollered out the back door, "Y'all, remember to wipe your feet!"
And then she G7said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge
[Chorus]
Today, D7Billie Joe MacAllister jumped C7off the Tallahatchie Bridge" D7
[Verse 2]
And D7Papa said to Mama, as he Ampassed around the blackeyed peas D7
"Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense,Am pass the biscuits, please D7
There's G7five more acres in the lower forty I've got to plow"
And Mama D7said it was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow
Seems like G7nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge
[Chorus]
And now D7Billie Joe MacAllister jumped C7off the Tallahatchie Bridge D7
[Verse 3]
And D7brother said he recollected when he,Am and Tom, and Billie Joe D7
Put a frog down my back at the AmCarroll County picture show D7
And wasn't G7I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night?
"I'll have aD7nother piecea apple pie, you know, it don't seem right
I G7saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge
[Chorus]
And now you D7tell me Billie Joe's jumped C7off the Tallahatchie Bridge" D7
[Verse 4]
D7Mama said to me, "Child, what's Amhappened to your appetite? D7
I've been cookin' all mornin', and you Amhaven't touched a single bite D7
That G7nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today
Said he'd be D7pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way
He G7said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge
[Chorus]
And she D7and Billie Joe was throwin' someC7thin' off the Tallahatchie D7Bridge"
[Verse 5]
A D7year has come and gone since we Amheard the news 'bout Billie Joe D7
And brother married Becky Thompson, they Ambought a store in Tupelo D7
There was a viG7rus going 'round, Papa caught it, and he died last spring
And now D7Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything
And G7me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge
[Chorus]
And drop them D7into the muddy water C7off the Tallahatchie Bridge D7
