G let ring
She would meet me in the morning
G let ring
On my way down to the river
Am (add D on B string)
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
Wit[D]h her feet al[Am]ready dusty
From the pathwa[D]y to the levy[Am]
And her little [D]blue jeans rolled u[D7]p to her knees[G]
Verse 2:
I'[G]d pay her no attention
As she'd tag along beside me
Tryi[G7]ng hard to copy everyth[C]ing I did
But I [Am]couldn't keep from smiling[D]
When I'd hear somebody[Am] saying[D]
Looky yonder there goes J[Am]ody and the kid[D7][G]
Verse 3:
Ev[A]en after we grew older
We could still be seen together
As we walked along the levy holdi[G7]ng hands[Am]
Fo[D]r as surely as[Am] the season she[D] was changin' [Am]to a woman
And I lived enough to ca[D]ll myself a man[D7][G]
Verse 4:
As[G] she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
'Til the m[G7]orning sun was shining on my bed[C]
And at t[Am]imes when she was s[D]leeping
I'd smile when I'd[Am] remember[D]
How they used to call us Jody and[Am] the kid[D7][G]
Verse 5:(Modulate to A)
No[A]w the world's a little older
And the years have changed the river
Cause there's houses[A7] where they didn't used to be[Bm]
And on [E]Sundays I go wa[Bm]lking
Down the pathway to t[E]he levy[Bm]
With another little girl[E] who follows me[E7][A]
Verse 6:
[A]And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mama di[A7]d[D]
[Bm]But it gets a l[E]ittle lonesome
When I[Bm] hear somebody [E]sayin'
Looky yonder there goes J[E]ody and the kid[E7][A]
(Thanks to Strat for corrections)
She would meet me in the morning
G let ring
On my way down to the river
Am (add D on B string)
Waiting patient by the chinaberry tree
Wit[D]h her feet al[Am]ready dusty
From the pathwa[D]y to the levy[Am]
And her little [D]blue jeans rolled u[D7]p to her knees[G]
Verse 2:
I'[G]d pay her no attention
As she'd tag along beside me
Tryi[G7]ng hard to copy everyth[C]ing I did
But I [Am]couldn't keep from smiling[D]
When I'd hear somebody[Am] saying[D]
Looky yonder there goes J[Am]ody and the kid[D7][G]
Verse 3:
Ev[A]en after we grew older
We could still be seen together
As we walked along the levy holdi[G7]ng hands[Am]
Fo[D]r as surely as[Am] the season she[D] was changin' [Am]to a woman
And I lived enough to ca[D]ll myself a man[D7][G]
Verse 4:
As[G] she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
'Til the m[G7]orning sun was shining on my bed[C]
And at t[Am]imes when she was s[D]leeping
I'd smile when I'd[Am] remember[D]
How they used to call us Jody and[Am] the kid[D7][G]
Verse 5:(Modulate to A)
No[A]w the world's a little older
And the years have changed the river
Cause there's houses[A7] where they didn't used to be[Bm]
And on [E]Sundays I go wa[Bm]lking
Down the pathway to t[E]he levy[Bm]
With another little girl[E] who follows me[E7][A]
Verse 6:
[A]And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
Doing little things the way her mama di[A7]d[D]
[Bm]But it gets a l[E]ittle lonesome
When I[Bm] hear somebody [E]sayin'
Looky yonder there goes J[E]ody and the kid[E7][A]
(Thanks to Strat for corrections)
