Down in the Boondocks

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.
E                      D                    A 
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.