Biography:
Billy Joe Royal (April 3, 1942 – October 6, 2015) was an American pop and country singer.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, and raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal became a local star at the Bamboo Ranch in Savannah in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for the 1965 US Top 10 pop hit "Down in the Boondocks", which, along with the singles "I Knew You When" (Top 20, 1965) and "Hush" (1967), were written and produced by Joe South. Another South composition, "Yo-Yo," just missed the top 40 in Canada and charted poorly in the U.
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Other songs:
- Boardwalk Angel
- Burn Like A Rocket
- Burned Like A Rocket
- Campfire Girls
- Cherry Hill Park
- Down In The Boondocks
- Everything Turned Blue
- Hearts Desire
- Hush
- I Knew You When
- I Miss You Already
- I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
- I've Got To Be Somebody
- If The Jukebox Took Teardrops
- Ill Pin A Note On Your Pillow
- It Keeps Right On A
- Love Has No Right
- Old Bridges
- Old Bridges Burn Slow
- She Dont Cry Like She Used To
- These Are Not My People
- Til I Cant Take It Anymore
- Under The Boardwalk
- Yo
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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:)
A#
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
#2.
A# D# A#
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack.
A# D# D Gm
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.
D# F D# F
Until that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..
D# F D# F
but tonight she'll have to steal away..to see me one more time.
CHORUS:
A# D#
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
F 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..
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
OUTRO:
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#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:)
A#
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
#2.
A# D# A#
One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack.
A# D# D Gm
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never, never will look back.
D# F D# F
Until that morning I'll work and slave and I'll save every dime..
D# F D# F
but tonight she'll have to steal away..to see me one more time.
CHORUS:
A# D#
Down in the boondocks..down in the boondocks.
F 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..
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
OUTRO:
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
F D# A#
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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