INTRO:  A7 - A7 - A7 - A7 - D - D - D - D 


VERS 1:
         D                       A7
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh.
         A7                            D
Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou.
    D                              A7
My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh.
         A7                             D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.


REFRENG:
     D                                     A7
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
      A7                               D
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
     D                             A7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
         A7                             D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.


MELLOMSPILL:  D -  A7 - A7 - D - D - A7 - A7 - D


VERS 2:
     D                               A7
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin',
        A7                         D
Kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen.
            D                            A7
We dress in style and go hog wild, me oh my oh.
         A7                             D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.


REFRENG:
     D                                     A7
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
      A7                               D
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
     D                             A7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
         A7                             D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.


MELLOMSPILL:  D -  A7 - A7 - D - D - A7 - A7 - D


REFRENG:
          D                                A7
Well jambalaya and a crawfish pie and filé gumbo
      A7                                D
Cause tonight I'm gonna see my ma cher amio.
     D                             A7
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gayo,
         A7                             D
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou.