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[Verse 1]
            E                        B7
Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh
                                       E
I got to go, pull the pirogue down the bayou
     A                                    B7
My Yvonne, she's the sweetest one, me oh, my oh
                                              E
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou


[Chorus]
                                        B7
Said, jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo
                                      E
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
                                   B7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
                                              E
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou


[Solo]
E E B7 B7 B7 B7 E E E E B7 B7 B7 B7 E E


[Verse 2]
      E                                               B7
Well, Thibodaux and the Fountainbleaux, the place was buzzin'
                                   E
Kin folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
                                      B7
Dressed in style, go hog wild, me oh, my oh
                                              E
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou


[Chorus]
E                                B7
Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo
                                      E
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
                                   B7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
                                              E
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou

[Solo]
E E
E E B7 B7 B7 E
E E E B7 B7 B7 B7 E
E E E B7 B7 B7 B7 E
E E E B7 B7 B7 B7 E


[Verse 3]
        E                        B7
Goodbye Joe, I got to go, me oh, my oh
                                          E
I got to move far from town, get myself a pirogue
                                              B7
I won't take a whole of my friends out on the bayou
                                 E
Padle away to see my old friend, Woodrow


[Chorus]
      E                               B7
Well, Jambalaya, craw fish pie, fillet gumbo
                                      E
'Coz tonight I'm gonna see my machez amio
                                   B7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-oh
                                              E
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou


[Outro]
                 B7                                   E
I said, son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun on the bayou
         B7                             E      A E
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou