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Jambalaya - John Fogerty (Chords) TAB

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“Jambalaya”(On The Bayou)- John Fogerty - Hank Williams


a b a A e f# ee D a b aa A Green notes are passing notes
A7 f# ee D a b a A e f# ee/D try to hit these for a better sound
a d/c#\b a f~~ D (quick pick turnaround) ud d d
f# a D f# a a D f# a D A | // / / | pick pink italic on
Good-bye, Joe, me gotta go, me-oh my-oh. the D string
A a a A a a A7 b a a D | // / / | OPTION:
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou. A7 just play A
b a D d b a D b a D A | // / / |
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me-oh my–oh. NOTES:
a a A a a a a A7 e~~~e e D | a b d# d | e~~~ = SLIGHT BEND
Son of-a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou. A = F shape 5th fret
]---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|-
Chorus 1: ]---|---|---|---|-1-|---|---|-
b d D d d b a d d b a D A ]---|---|---|---|---|-2-|---|-
Well Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gum–bo ]---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|-
b a A e e a A7 a a b a a D x]---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher-a-mi-o. x]---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
b D d d b a d b a D A
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be ga-yo, OPTION:
a a A a a a a A7 e~~~e e D (a b d# d) A7 b a a D
Son of-a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou. fun on the bayou

Instumental: (PICK in same vain as Chorus 1)(turnaround) D = A shape 7th fret

D A NOTE:
Feeble doe, Fountain Oh, the place is buzz-in', passing notes omitted for clarity
A A7 D but follows the same as before
kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
D A HINT:
Dressed in style, go hog wild, and be ga-yo. Up Pick on all A Chords
A A7 D
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.(turnaround)

Chorus 2:
D A
Well Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gum-bo
A A7 D
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher-a-mi-o.
D A
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be ga-yo,
A A7 D
Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou. (oh, guitar)
D A A A7 D D A A A7 D (Same vain as chorus 1)
(Chorus 1)
(Oh, Lord!
D b a A A7 b aa D (Repeat)
Hang tight, ooh Lord!
Ah, take it out.
He's comin', ah!
D b a A A7 b aa D /a d aa b a A D (upstoke last 2 chords)

Additional Verse: (Creedence Version)


D A
Settle down far from town get him in a piro-gue,
A A7 D
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.
D A
Swap his mun to by Yvonne what she need-oh,
A A7 D
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou.
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. | a b d# d C#/D |

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