Down In The Boondocks chords by Joe South

Chords with lyrics

Down In The Boondocks chords
Joe South (also performed by Billy Joe Royal) *

A augmentedA           D MajorD
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
E MajorE             D MajorD               A augmentedA
People put me down 'cause that's the side of town I was born in
A augmentedA
I love her, she loves me
  D MajorD
But I don't fit in her society
E MajorE           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Lord have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks

A augmentedA                    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Every night I watch the light from that house up on the hill
A augmentedA         D MajorD         A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
I love that little girl inside, and I guess I always will

  D MajorD         E MajorE
But I don't dare knock on her door 'cause
  D MajorD        E MajorE
Her daddy is my boss man
  D MajorD        E MajorE          D MajorD         E MajorE
For now I'll have to be content, just to see her whenever I can

A augmentedA           D MajorD
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
E MajorE             D MajorD               A augmentedA
People put me down 'cause that's the side of town I was born in

I love her, she loves me
  D MajorD
But I don't fit in her society
E MajorE           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Lord have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks

A augmentedA                D MajorD         A augmentedA
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack
           D MajorD         A augmentedA        F# minorF#m
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never will look back

   D MajorD           E MajorE
But 'til that morning I'll work and slave
  D MajorD        E MajorE
And I'll save every dime
   D MajorD          E MajorE
But tonight she'll have to steal away
  D MajorD          E MajorE
To see me just one more time

A augmentedA           D MajorD
Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks
E MajorE             D MajorD               A augmentedA
People put me down 'cause that's the side of town I was born in

I love her, she loves me
  D MajorD
But I don't fit in her society

E MajorE           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Lord have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks
E MajorE           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Lord have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks

* Alternate:

Capo II

E MajorE  = D MajorD
D  = C majorC
A augmentedA  = G+G
F# minorF#m = E minorEm

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