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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Yo-Yo:Billy Joe Royal.
#117 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA
Records in 1966.
INTRO: Eb Db (x4)
Eb Db Eb
Woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
#1.
Eb Db Eb
Well, it's hard for me to see how you got such a
Db
hold on me.
Eb Db Eb
First I'm up and then I'm down, then my heart goes
Db
around and round.
#2.
Ab
I'll bet you five dollars I'm the only fool who will
climb up a string for you.
Eb Ab Eb
And need I say, I can't break away, you control
Ab
every thing I do.
Cm Fm Ab
I used to be a swinger, til you wrapped me round
your finger.
CHORUS:
Eb Db Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho
Db Eb Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
BRIDGE:
Eb Ab Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my
Ab Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
Db Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db Eb Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)
#3.
Eb Db Eb Db
Where I go and what I do, well, it all just depends on you.
Eb Db Eb
You build me up just to let me down but I dare not to make
Db
a sound.
Ab
Cause I'm so afraid you will cast me away like a beat up,
worn out toy.
Eb
So, I hold on tight, with all my might, just to be your
Db
loving boy.
Cm Fm Ab
No matter what you say or do..I gotta bounce right back to
Eb
you, now..
CHORUS:
Eb Db Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho
Db Eb Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
BRIDGE:
Eb Ab Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my
Ab Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
Db Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db Eb Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
OUTRO:
Eb Db Eb
Woah, oh, ho, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#117 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA
Records in 1966.
INTRO: Eb Db (x4)
Eb Db Eb
Woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
#1.
Eb Db Eb
Well, it's hard for me to see how you got such a
Db
hold on me.
Eb Db Eb
First I'm up and then I'm down, then my heart goes
Db
around and round.
#2.
Ab
I'll bet you five dollars I'm the only fool who will
climb up a string for you.
Eb Ab Eb
And need I say, I can't break away, you control
Ab
every thing I do.
Cm Fm Ab
I used to be a swinger, til you wrapped me round
your finger.
CHORUS:
Eb Db Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho
Db Eb Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
BRIDGE:
Eb Ab Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my
Ab Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
Db Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db Eb Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)
#3.
Eb Db Eb Db
Where I go and what I do, well, it all just depends on you.
Eb Db Eb
You build me up just to let me down but I dare not to make
Db
a sound.
Ab
Cause I'm so afraid you will cast me away like a beat up,
worn out toy.
Eb
So, I hold on tight, with all my might, just to be your
Db
loving boy.
Cm Fm Ab
No matter what you say or do..I gotta bounce right back to
Eb
you, now..
CHORUS:
Eb Db Eb
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db Eb
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho
Db Eb Db
(whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
BRIDGE:
Eb Ab Eb
Turning, turning, love keeps burning like a fire in my
Ab Eb
heart, now..we're apart, now, a-we're back together..
Db Eb
you keep changing like the weather, whoops, now.
Db Eb Db
Up and down like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
Eb Db
Just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)..
OUTRO:
Eb Db Eb
Woah, oh, ho, ho (whoa, oh, ho) just like a yo-yo
Db Eb Db
(just like a yo-yo) woah, oh, ho (whoa, oh, ho)
Eb Db
just like a yo-yo (just like a yo-yo)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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