Jambalaya

{title:JAMBALAYA }
{subtitle:Hank Williams and Moon Mullican, 1942 }
{key: }


Goodbye [D] Joe, me gotta go, me oh [A] my oh 
Me gotta [A] go pole the [A7] pirogue down the [D] bayou
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh [A] my oh
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou

CHORUS:
Jamba-[D]laya and a crawfish pie and filé [A] gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see ma chère a-[D]mie-o
Pick gui-[D]tar, fill fruit jar and be [A] gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

Thibo-[D]deaux, Fountaineaux, the place is [A] buzzin’
Kinfolk come to see Y-[A7]vonne by the [D] dozen
Dress in style, go hog wild, me oh [A] my oh
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou

CHORUS:
Jamba-[D]laya and a crawfish pie and filé [A] gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see ma chère a-[D]mie-o
Pick gui-[D]tar, fill fruit jar and be [A] gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

Settle [D] down, far from town, get me a [A] pirogue
And I’ll catch all the [A7] fish in the [D] bayou
Swap my guy to buy Yvonne what she [A] need-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou

CHORUS:
Jamba-[D]laya and a crawfish pie and filé [A] gumbo
‘Cause tonight I’m gonna see ma chère a-[D]mie-o
Pick gui-[D]tar, fill fruit jar and be [A] gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou
Son of a [A] gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou
Son of a [A] gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou
Son of a [A] gun, we’ll have big [A7] fun on the [D] bayou [D] [A7] [D]