Bayou Girl
Adam Hood
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Tom:
G
I know a girl named Edie
G
She’s a good friend of mine
C Am
Living on the bayou
G
On Evangeline
C Am
Well she's pretty as a picture
G
In a magazine
G
She ‘bout the prettiest little thing
D/F# G
You ever seen
[Verse]
G
Well I’m back upon muddy water
G
Down where the big fish go
C Am
Running on the banks
G
In a little pi-reaux
C Am
And all day long
G
What I’m thinking of
G
Well I’m hoping I can snag me
D/F# G
A little Cajun dove
[Chorus]
G
She lives down
C Am
In a 2 bit town
G
Where the Palmetto Grows
D/F#
All around
G
Anywhere
C Am
In the whole damn world
G
You won’t never find love
D/F# G
Like a bayou girl
[Verse]
G
Well I’m sitting in a shotgun cabin
G
Sippin Little Sherry Wine
C Am
We sure do have some fun
G
Sure do have a real good time
C Am
Laughing and a singing
G
I guarantee
G
To the “adoline”
D/F# G
And the “fiddle dee dee”
[guitar solo]
G D C G C G D G
Someday were gonna get married
G
She will be my bon ton bride
C Am
Many people come
G
And Watch us stand side by side
C Am
Gonna have a little band
G
Play feux deaux deaux
G
Etoufee
D/F# G
And a hot gumbo
[Chorus]
G
She lives down
C Am
In a 2 bit town
G
With a Palmetto Grows
D/F#
All around
G
Anywhere
C Am
In the God Al mighty World
G
You won’t never find love
D/F# G
Like a bayou girl
G
Ain’t nothing the world
D/F# G
Like a bayou girl
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