Down in the boondocks (video) (live) (intro) (midi)

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Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks,

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people put me down 'cause that's the side of town I was born in.

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I love her, and she loves me, but I don't fit her society,

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Lord, have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks.

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1. Every night I watch the light from that house up on the hill,

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I love a little girl that lives up there, I guess I always will.

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But I don't dare knock on her door, ‘cause her daddy is my boss man,

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so I’ll just have to be content to see her whenever I can.

+ CHORUS (orig. moves up half a Step to capo 3rd here) - - -

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+ Down in the boondocks, down in the boondocks.

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2. One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack,

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I'll hold my head up like a king, I never, never will look back.

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But 'til that morning I'll work and slave, and I'll save every dime,

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but tonight she'll have to steal away to see me one more time.

+ CHORUS

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+ Lord, have mercy, I'm a boy from down in the boondocks. (2x)

(orig.=capo 2nd; life version=capo1st; midi=no capo) (Billy Joe Royal)