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
D Am
With her feet already dusty
D Am
From the pathway to the levy
D D7 G
And her little blue jeans rolled up to her knees
Verse 2:
G
I'd pay her no attention
As she'd tag along beside me
G7 C
Trying hard to copy everything I did
Am D
But I couldn't keep from smiling
Am D
When I'd hear somebody saying
Am D7 G
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
Verse 3:
A
Even after we grew older
We could still be seen together
G7 Am
As we walked along the levy holding hands
D Am D Am
For as surely as the season she was changin' to a woman
D D7 G
And I lived enough to call myself a man
Verse 4:
G
As she often lay beside me
In the coolness of the evening
G7 C
'Til the morning sun was shining on my bed
Am D
And at times when she was sleeping
Am D
I'd smile when I'd remember
Am D7 G
How they used to call us Jody and the kid
Verse 5:(Modulate to A)
A
Now the world's a little older
And the years have changed the river
A7 Bm
Cause there's houses where they didn't used to be
E Bm
And on Sundays I go walking
E Bm
Down the pathway to the levy
E E7 A
With another little girl who follows me
Verse 6:
A
And it makes the old folks smile
To see her tag along beside me
A7 D
Doing little things the way her mama did
Bm E
But it gets a little lonesome
Bm E
When I hear somebody sayin'
E E7 A
Looky yonder there goes Jody and the kid
[Thanks to Strat for corrections]