Down In The Boondocks(Chords)

	        
 
G  
down in the boondocks  
C  
down in the boondocks  
D             C  
People put me down 'cause  
                              G  
That's the side of town I was born in  
G                                               
I love her she loves me   
C  
but I don't fit in her society  
D                      C                    G  
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks 
 

Verse 1:
 
G                                       C               G  
Ev'ry night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill  
G                        C                      B            C  
I love a little girl who lives up there and I guess I always will  
C                      D  
But I don't dare knock on her door  
C                           D  
'Cause her daddy is my boss man  
   C                   D  
So I'LL have to try to be content  
C                           D  
Just to see her when ever I can  


G  
Down in the boondocks  
C  
Down in the boondocks  
D             C  
People put me down 'cause  
                              G  
That's the side of town I was born in  
G                                               
I love her she loves me   
C  
but I don't fit in her society  
D                      C                    G  
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks  


VERSE:  

One fine day I'll find the way to move from this old shack  
I'll hold my head up like a king and I never never will look back  
Until that morning I'll work and slave  
And I'll save ev'ry dime  
But tonight she'll have to steal away  
To see me one more time  

Down in the boondocks  
Down in the boondocks  
People put me down 'cause  
That's the side of town I was born in  
I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society  
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks  
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks  
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks 

	        

Written by , Joe South