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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Old Bridges:Billy Joe Royal.
#11 on BB Hot Country on ATLANTIC
Records in 1987.
INTRO: A
#1.
A E A
Here we go round a-gain, masqueradin' as long
lost friends.
A
Cause a memory never dies, it kinda fades into
D
a lie, and, what da ya know?
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
#2.
A
Let's chalk it all up to our youth.
That's one way to hide from the truth.
A
I never asked you for a thing and if I had, you
E D
would have told me no.
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
BRIDGE:
D
And how many years did I chase after you..all my
G
mind would allow.
B
And now, I can't break off the past, and even if
E A
I knew how, ahhh, I wouldn't tell it to you, baby.
INTERLUDE: A Gbm A D E A
#3.
A
So, why don't we call it a day, I got nothin' else
left to say.
Cause a dream we both dreamt was just a last ditch
D
attempt to stop the flow.
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
OUTRO:
E A
Mmmmmmm-mmm-don't ya know they burn slow?
E
In a way, I know and I know, don't ya know they
A
burn slow?
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Ahhhhh, how they burn..(Fade.)
An Eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
#11 on BB Hot Country on ATLANTIC
Records in 1987.
INTRO: A
#1.
A E A
Here we go round a-gain, masqueradin' as long
lost friends.
A
Cause a memory never dies, it kinda fades into
D
a lie, and, what da ya know?
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
#2.
A
Let's chalk it all up to our youth.
That's one way to hide from the truth.
A
I never asked you for a thing and if I had, you
E D
would have told me no.
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
BRIDGE:
D
And how many years did I chase after you..all my
G
mind would allow.
B
And now, I can't break off the past, and even if
E A
I knew how, ahhh, I wouldn't tell it to you, baby.
INTERLUDE: A Gbm A D E A
#3.
A
So, why don't we call it a day, I got nothin' else
left to say.
Cause a dream we both dreamt was just a last ditch
D
attempt to stop the flow.
CHORUS:
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Still waters run deep, now, baby, old bridges
A
burn slow.
OUTRO:
E A
Mmmmmmm-mmm-don't ya know they burn slow?
E
In a way, I know and I know, don't ya know they
A
burn slow?
E A
Still waters run deep, old bridges burn slow.
E
Ahhhhh, how they burn..(Fade.)
An Eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
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