Down in the Boondocks
 Billy Joe Royal
Version #2

Midi (C155)      Midi 2(G135)
For Diatonic harmonica
Words and music: Joe South
originally appeared on "Joe South's Greatest Hits."
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 Chorus:
  -8  8   8   8   8       8 -9  -9   -9   -9
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
  9  9  9   9   9      9     -9    -9  -9  -9  -9  -9 -9  -9   8 8
People put me down, 'cause that's the side of town I was born in
-8  8   8    -8   8    8   8  8   -9   -9 -9  -9 -9  8 -9 -9
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her so ci e  ty
  9    9   9  9  9 9  -9  -9    8   8  8   -8   7
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks.

Verse 1:
 8  8   8   8   -8   7    7      6   6    -6  7  7  -8  8
Ev'ry night I watch the lights from the house upon the hill
9  -10 9  9  9   8    8    8   -8   7    7  -8  8   8 -8  7   -6
I love a little girl who lives up there and I guess I always will
 9  -10 9     8    8    8 8  -8   7      9    9  -10-10  9  8  -8   7
But I don't dare knock upon her door, 'cause her daddy  is my boss man
 9 -10    9    8   8  8  -8  7     7  -8  8   8    8 -8   7  -6
So I'll just have to be content, just to see her whenever I can

 Chorus:
 -8  8   8   8   8       8 -9  -9   -9   -9
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
  9  9  9   9   9      9     -9    -9  -9  -9  -9  -9 -9  -9   8 8
People put me down, 'cause that's the side of town I was born in
-8  8   8    -8   8    8   8  8   -9   -9 -9  -9 -9  8 -9 -9
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her so ci e  ty
  9    9   9  9  9 9  -9  -9    8   8  8   -8   7
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks.


  8   8   8    8   -8  7  7   6  -6    7    7   -8   8
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack
 9   -10   9   8   8   8  -8  7   7  -8 8 8   8 8   -8    7   -6
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never never will look back
 9 -10  9   9   8     8   -8   7     9   -10   9   8 -8   7
Until that day I'll work and slave, and I'll save every dime
 9   9  -10    9     8   8    8   -8   7  9 -10  9    8    8 -8
But tonight she'll have to steal away to see me one more time,

Chorus:
  -8  8   8   8   8       8 -9  -9   -9   -9
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
  9  9  9   9   9      9     -9    -9  -9  -9  -9  -9 -9  -9   8 8
People put me down, 'cause that's the side of town I was born in
-8  8   8    -8   8    8   8  8   -9   -9 -9  -9 -9  8 -9 -9
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her so ci e  ty
  9    9   9  9  9 9  -9  -9    8   8  8   -8   7
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks.   Repeat Chorus twice more.

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