Down In The Boondocks
Billy Joe Royal · C
Down In The Boondocks
Real Key
C
Rate
Real Key
C
C
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
Down In The Boondocks:Billy Joe Royal.
#1 in Canada and #9 in the USA in 1965.
INTRO: [A] ///
CHORUS:
[A] [D]
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
[E] [D] [A]
People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.
[A] [D]
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..
[E] [D] [A]
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
#1.
[A] [D] [A]
Every night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill.
[A] [D] [C#] [F#m]
I love a little girl that lives up there, I guess I always will.
[D] [E] [D] [E]
But I don't dare knock on her door..her daddy is my boss man.
[D] [E] [D] [E]
So I'll just have to be content, to see her when ever I can.
CHORUS:
[A] [D]
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
[E] [D] [A]
People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.
[A] [D]
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..
[E] [D] [A]
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
(INTERLUDE:)
[A#]
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
#2.
[A#] [D#] [A#]
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack.
[A#] [D#] [D] [Gm]
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.
[D#] [F] [D#] [F]
Until that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..
[D#] [F] [D#] [F]
but tonight she'll have to steal away..to see me one more time.
CHORUS:
[A#] [D#]
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
[F] [D#] [A#]
People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.
[A#] [D#]
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..
[F] [D#] [A#]
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
OUTRO:
[F] [D#] [A#]
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
[F] [D#] [A#]
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Chords Used (9)
Guitar
Ukulele
A
1 / 4
D
1 / 4
E
1 / 4
C#
1 / 4
F#m
1 / 4
A#
1 / 4
D#
1 / 4
Gm
1 / 4
F
1 / 5
Song Info
Real Key
C
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