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:)
Bb
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.

#2.
Bb                              Eb                 Bb
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack.
Bb                   Eb                D                      Gm
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.
  Eb                    F                  Eb              F
Until that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..
    Eb                     F              Eb              F
but tonight she'll have to steal away..to see me one more time.

CHORUS:
Bb                     Eb
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
F                        Eb                            Bb
People put me down cause that's the side of town I was born in.
Bb                            Eb
I love her, she loves me, but I don't fit in her society..
F                      Eb                   Bb
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.

OUTRO:
F                      Eb                   Bb
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
F                      Eb                   Bb
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.