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  D>  C#>   B> Bb  
 Bb>   A> G  
C   A
Hey Hey-a Bayou ELena
Ain't she a beautiful girl
C'mon take it up to New Orleans
And drink a bottle of cheap red wine
Well, she walked in to the room wearing a gator skin suit
Barfly's slack jaws droppin' to the floor
With the grease on her fingers and lipstick on her toes
When the lights turned red, she began to take it off
She Adances in the corner makin' Eminimum wage
Back home with Aseven hungry mouths to Bfeed
   CHey Hey-a Bayou ELena
Ain't she a beautiful girl
C'mon and take it up to New Orleans
And drink a bottle of cheap red wine
She likes to shimmy in the shadows 'til the brink of day
Cockfight pretty woman that I love
With a pissed off disposition and a shit eatin' grin
With a smile on her face she looks you in the eye
ADangling in the corner makin' Eminimum wage
Back home with Aseven hungry mouths to Bfeed
    CHey-a Bayou ELena
Ain't she a beautiful girl
C'mon and take it up to New Orleans
And drink a bottle of cheap red wine
solo over E (8 measures)
 D>  A>  E(x3)
  D>  C#>   B> Bb  
 Bb>   A> G  
C   A
E
Well now, there's Gblood sittin' on the barstool
You know she's looking for Ms. Lana Lee
Yeah, spinnin' wheel spinnin' on the liquor machine
Sayin' what goes Fup, Cmust come Gdown
With this little Esouthern show in a gator skin suit
Jailbird vagrants stompin' to the floor
Mixin' drinks with muddy water and kitchen cigarettes
At the night of joy, what a night of joy
ADances in the corner makin' Eminimum wage
Back home with Aseven hungry mouths to Bfeed
   CHey-a Bayou ELena
Ain't she a beautiful girl
C'mon take it up to New Orleans
Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine
   CHey-a Bayou ELena
Ain't she a beautiful girl
C'mon take it up to New Orleans
Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine
   CHey Bayou ELena
Ain't it a beautiful world
It's still a beautiful world
It's still a beautiful world
 D>  A>  E(x3)
  D>  C#>   B> Bb  
 Bb>   A> G  
C   A
E

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Bayou Lena

by Widespread Panic

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D C# B Bb

> > >

Bb A G

> >

C A

Hey Hey-a Bayou Lena

Ain't she a beautiful girl

C'mon take it up to New Orleans

And drink a bottle of cheap red wine

Well, she walked in to the room wearing a gator skin suit

Barfly's slack jaws droppin' to the floor

With the grease on her fingers and lipstick on her toes

When the lights turned red, she began to take it off

A E

She dances in the corner makin' minimum wage

A B

Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed

C E

Hey Hey-a Bayou Lena

Ain't she a beautiful girl

C'mon and take it up to New Orleans

And drink a bottle of cheap red wine

She likes to shimmy in the shadows 'til the brink of day

Cockfight pretty woman that I love

With a pissed off disposition and a shit eatin' grin

With a smile on her face she looks you in the eye

A E

Dangling in the corner makin' minimum wage

A B

Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed

C E

Hey-a Bayou Lena

Ain't she a beautiful girl

C'mon and take it up to New Orleans

And drink a bottle of cheap red wine

solo over E (8 measures)

D A E

> > (x3)

D C# B Bb

> > >

Bb A G

> >

C A

Well now, there's blood sittin' on the barstool

You know she's looking for Ms. Lana Lee

Yeah, spinnin' wheel spinnin' on the liquor machine

F C G

Sayin' what goes up, must come down

With this little southern show in a gator skin suit

Jailbird vagrants stompin' to the floor

Mixin' drinks with muddy water and kitchen cigarettes

At the night of joy, what a night of joy

A E

Dances in the corner makin' minimum wage

A B

Back home with seven hungry mouths to feed

C E

Hey-a Bayou Lena

Ain't she a beautiful girl

C'mon take it up to New Orleans

Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine

C E

Hey-a Bayou Lena

Ain't she a beautiful girl

C'mon take it up to New Orleans

Let's drink a bottle of cheap red wine

C E

Hey Bayou Lena

Ain't it a beautiful world

It's still a beautiful world

D A E

> > (x3)

D C# B Bb

> > >

Bb A G

> >

C A

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