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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Heart's Desire:Billy Joe Royal.
#56 CANADA RPM and #88 on BB Hot 100
on COLUMBIA Records in 1966.
INTRO: A D A D
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
A D A D A
on my mind..you're my heart's desire.
#1.
A
When the sun comes up in the morning you're the
D
first thing, baby, on my mind.
Am7 A
When the sun goes down in the evening, you're the
last thing, baby, on my mind.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
A G D
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
#2.
A G A
There ought to be a law against the way you turn me
D A
on, baby, night and day.
A G A
I hear your voice but you're not there, I see your face,
G D
baby, everywhere.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm A
my soul on fire..yeah..
A D A A D A
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
INTERLUDE: A D A D
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
G A D
on my mind..you're my heart's desire.
A D A A D A
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
D A D A
#3.
A G D Am7 D
Don't know why I love you so, but I know I'll never let
you go.
Am7 G D A
Don't know why I need your love so bad, but you're the
D
only love I've ever had.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
on my mind.
OUTRO:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#56 CANADA RPM and #88 on BB Hot 100
on COLUMBIA Records in 1966.
INTRO: A D A D
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
A D A D A
on my mind..you're my heart's desire.
#1.
A
When the sun comes up in the morning you're the
D
first thing, baby, on my mind.
Am7 A
When the sun goes down in the evening, you're the
last thing, baby, on my mind.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
A G D
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
#2.
A G A
There ought to be a law against the way you turn me
D A
on, baby, night and day.
A G A
I hear your voice but you're not there, I see your face,
G D
baby, everywhere.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm A
my soul on fire..yeah..
A D A A D A
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
INTERLUDE: A D A D
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
G A D
on my mind..you're my heart's desire.
A D A A D A
Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm..mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmmm.
D A D A
#3.
A G D Am7 D
Don't know why I love you so, but I know I'll never let
you go.
Am7 G D A
Don't know why I need your love so bad, but you're the
D
only love I've ever had.
CHORUS:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire.
Em7 E A D
You're my type, you're my kind, you're always
on my mind.
OUTRO:
Em7 A D
Baby, you're my heart's desire, your love sets
Bm
my soul on fire..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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