Amaj7 = X 0 2 1 2 0 A#maj7 = X 1 3 2 3 1 A6 = X 0 4 2 2 X A#6 = X 1 3 0 3 X (A) She would (A) meet me in the mornin' On my (A) way down to the river Waiting (A) patient by the chantaberry (Bm) tree (E7) With her (Bm) feet already (E7) dusty From the (Bm) pathway to the (E7) levee And her (Bm) little blue jeans (E7) rolled up to her (A) knees I'd (A) pay her no at- (Amaj7) tention As she (A6) tagged along be- (A) side me Trying (Em) hard to copy (A) everything I (D) did But I (Bm) couldn't keep from (E) smiling When I (Bm) hear somebody (E) saying Look (Bm) yonder, there goes (E) Jody and the (A) kid (A) (Amaj7) (A6) (A) Even (A) after we grew (Amaj7) older We can (A6) still be seen to- (A) gether As we (A) walked along the levee holding (Bm) hands (E) For as (Bm) surely as the (E) seasons, she was (Bm) changin' to a (E) woman And I (Bm) lived enough to (E) call myself a (A) man And she (A) often lay be- (Amaj7) side me In the (A6) coolness of the (A) evening Til' the (Em) morning sun was (A) shining on my (D) bed And in (Bm) times when she was (E) sleeping I would (Bm) smile and I'd re- (E) member How they (Bm) used to call us (E) Jody and the (A) kid (Amaj7) (A6) (F) Now the (A#) world's are a little older And the (A#) years have changed the river Cause there's houses where they didn't used to (Cm) be (F) And on (Cm) Sundays I go (F) walking Down the (Cm) pathway to the (F) levee With a- (Cm) nother little (F) girl who follows (A#) me And it (A#) makes the old folks (A#maj7) smile To see her (A#6) tag along (A#) beside me Doing (Fm) little things the (A#) way her mama (D#) did But it (Cm) gets a little (F) lonesome When I (Cm) hear somebody (F) sayin' Look (Cm) yonder, there goes (F) Jody and the (A#) kid (A#maj7) (A#6) (A#) (A#) (A#maj7) (A#6)