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.
