Billy Joe Royal – Down In The Boondocks chords
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Down In The Boondocks:Billy Joe Royal. #1 in Canada and #9 in the USA in 1965. INTRO: A /// CHORUS:A DDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.E D APeople put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.A DI love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..E D ALord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.#1.A D AEvery night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill.A D C# F#mI love a little girl that lives up there, I guess I always will.D E D EBut I don't dare knock on her door..her daddy is my boss man.D E D ESo I'll just have to be content, to see her when ever I can.CHORUS:A DDown in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.E D APeople put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.A DI love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..E D ALord 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 GmI'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.D# F D# FUntil that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..D# F D# Fbut 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.