The Singing Scoutmaster: Jambalaya



Jambalaya
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Category: Fun
Link: Performance Example

                                    D7         G             
Intro: Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
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Good-bye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh  
                     D7               G      
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou  
                                   D      
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
NC    G                                 D      
Jamba-laya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo  
                                        G     
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio  
                                   D      
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
NC    G                                D        
Thibo-deaux, Fontainenot, the place is buzzin'  
                    D7            G      
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen  
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Dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
NC    G                                 D      
Jamba-laya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo  
                                        G     
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio  
                                   D      
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
NC     G                             D        
Settle down, far from town, get me a pirogue  
                       D7          G      
And I'll catch all the fish in the bayou  
                                   D       
Swap my mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
NC    G                                 D      
Jamba-laya and a crawfish pie and filet gumbo  
                                        G     
'Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio  
                                   D      
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o  
                             D7         G             
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou (STOP)  
   
(slower and sing higher on last bayou)  
D                            D7         G      
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou  
   

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