Jambalaya

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Jambalaya: Brenda Lee
Album - Brenda - on DECCA Records in 1960
[Intro]
E A
[Verse 1]
A E
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me, oh, my oh.
E A
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
A E
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me, oh, my, oh.
E A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
A E
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
E A
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
A E
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
E A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Verse 2]
A E
Thibodeaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'.
E A
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
A E
Dress in style and go hog wild, me, oh, my, oh.
E A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
A E
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
E A
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
A E
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
E A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Interlude]
E A
[Verse 3]
A E
Settle down far from town, get me a pirogue.
E A
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
A E
Send my mom to get Yvonne what she need-o.
E A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.
[Chorus]
A E
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and a filet gumbo.
E A
For tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amie-o.
A E
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo.
E A D A
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayooooooou.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Jambalaya: Brenda Lee
Album - Brenda - on DECCA Records in 1960
[Intro]
E   A
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
E   A
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Jambalaya Chords by Brenda Lee

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