Standard Tuning

Intro: All in D

DWhen (xx0232@1)I was 6 or 7
               AMama (x02220@1)tucked me in
        DWith (xx0232@1)a lullaby and it
                       AMade (x02220@1)my eyes open wide again
         G (320003@1)                          
I would lie awake and wonder
       D (xx0232@1)             GWhy (320003@1)a boy named Billy Joe
        DJumped (xx0232@1)off the Tallahatchee Bridge
        ATo (x02220@1)the river far below

Chorus:
GBlame (320003@1)it on mama
 	  DAnd (xx0232@1)the songs she loved to sing
     G (320003@1)  	  	    DI'm (xx0232@1)not from Louisiana but that don't mean a thing
 	 G (320003@1)  	 DDon't (xx0232@1)come from Alabama or a hill from Tennessee
 	 CJust (x32010@1)blame it on mama, she sang (she sang)
           DThe (xx0232@1)country into me

DI (xx0232@1)just loved to listen
 	  	             AAs (x02220@1)she'd sing those story songs
 	 D'Bout (xx0232@1)a coat of many colors
 	  	       AOr (x02220@1)a girl named Delta Dawn
         G (320003@1)  	  	 
When the lights went out in Georgia
 	 D (xx0232@1)          GI (320003@1)would beg for just one more
DAll (xx0232@1)about Fancy and the pretty red satin 
ADancing (x02220@1)dress she wore

(Chorus)

G (320003@1)  	     DI'm (xx0232@1)a coal miner's daughter
G (320003@1)  	     DLovin (xx0232@1)my preacher's son
 	 G (320003@1)  	        DI (xx0232@1)have walked the streets of Laredo
 	  	 AStared (x02220@1)down the barrel of a law man's gun

G (320003@1)  	        DI've (xx0232@1)grown roots and I've got claims
G (320003@1)  	      DTo (xx0232@1)places I've never been
G (320003@1)  	        DAnd (xx0232@1)when I sing those songs it takes me
ARight (x02220@1)back home again

D (xx0232@1)(Chorus)

    DThe (xx0232@1)country into me, yeah