Ode to Billie Joe

Ode To Billie Joe Written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry G Dm G It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day Dm G I was out chopping cotton and my brother was a bailing hay C At dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat G D

It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton and my brother was a bailin' hay And at dinner time we stopped and walked out to the house to eat And mama hollered of the back door, "Y'all remember to wipe your feet&

M I double S I double S I double P I M I double S I double S I double P I Right in the middle of the cotton belt Down in the Mississippi Delta Wearin' last years possum belt Smack dab in the Mississippi Delta Have me a little that Johnny cake A littl