{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1878453,"song":"The Bayou","artist":"Iron Eyes Cody","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421581-the-bayou-chords-by-iron-eyes-cody/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1878453?type=chord","rating":4.96288,"votes":18,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKatie had plans, but there ain't no chance in the bayou[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTurned eighteen and that's six months clean in the bayou[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGovernment came to take them away from the bayou,           said[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe one's that stay will be washed to their graves with the bayou[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nSo won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nTell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll tell you what I'm gonna do[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShake it off, and go start anew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKatie left home, and made the trek all alone from the bayou[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSays Houston's cold, to the summer's that we know in the bayou[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut her old man drinks and at night she still thinks of the bayou[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah the city's got saved, but they never made the grade in the bayou[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nSo won't you tell me I'm lost when I lie to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nTell me good thoughts are gonna carry us through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll tell you what I'm gonna do[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna fight the fire, take it higher sing it till they bring it down to the wire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShake it off, and go start anew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nShake it off, and go start anew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShake it off, and go start anew [/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm  Cadd9 D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm Cadd9 D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Em","Cadd9","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}