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Blue Bayou

Words and Music by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson - 1961

Verse:
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F	C7
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-
Chorus:
F	-	C7	-
-	-	F	-
-	F+	Bb	Bbm
F	C7	F	-  (C7 to verse)
Ending:
C7	-	-	F

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Play: Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Ending.

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Verse:

I feel so bad I've got a worried mind,  I'm so lonesome all the time,
Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou.
Saving nickels,  Saving dimes,  Working til' the sun don't shine.
Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou.

 

Chorus:

I'm going back some day,  Come what may to Blue Bayou,

Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou.

All those fishing boats, with their sails afloat.  If I could only see,

That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes,  How happy l'd be.

 

Ending:

I'll never be blue,  My dreams come true on Blue Bayou,

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Watch John Wilder perform "Blue Bayou" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com