Instruments

| E7 | E7 || E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |

Verse 1

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |Now, when I was just a little boy Standin' to my daddy's knee | E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |My papa said, "Son, don't let the man get you And do what he done to me" | E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |'Cause he'll get you 'Cause he'll get you now, now

Verse 2

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |And I can remember the fourth of July Runnin' through the backwood bare | E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 D7 A7 |And I can still hear my ol' hound dog barkin' Chasin' down a hoodoo there | E7 | E7 D7 A7 | Chasin' down a hoodoo there

Hook 1

| E7 | E7 D7 A7 | E7 | E7 D7 A7 | Born on the bayou Born on the bayou| E7 | E7 D7 A7 | E7 | E7 | Born on the bayou, Lord, Lord

Instruments

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | [x3]| E7 | E7 | D7 A7 | E7 | D7 A7 | E7 | D7 A7 | E7 | D7 A7 | E7 || E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | [x2]| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 |

Verse 3

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Wish I was back on the bayou Rollin' with some Cajun Queen| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Wishin' I were a fast freight train I'm just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans

Last-Hook

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Born on the bayou Born on the bayou| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Born on the bayou do it, do it, do it, do it

Instruments (Fade Out)

| E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | [x3]| E7 | E7 | D7 A7 | E7 | E7 |