Born On The Bayou

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Tom: D

(intro)


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E7
Now, when I was just a little boy,
Standing to my Daddy's knee,
My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you
Do what he done to me."

E7
'Cause he'll get you,
'Cause he'll get you now, now.
And I can remember the fourth of July,
Running through the backwood, bare.

E7                           D A (Em) E7                      D  A (Em)
chasing down a hoodoo there,      Chasin' down a hodoo there

E7              D A (Em) E7              D A (Em)
Born on a bayou            Born on a bayou
E7                D   A    (Em) E7
Born on a bayou, Lord Lord.

(solo) E7 (14x)  D A E7 (3x) E7 (8x)


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E7
Wish I was back on the Bayou.
Rolling with some Cajun Queen.
Wishing I were a fast freight train,
Just a choogling on down to New Orleans.

E7
Born On The Bayou;
Born On The Bayou;
Born On The Bayou.

(solo 2) E7 (14x) D A E7 E7 (4x)


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E7
I can remember the fourth of July,
Running through the backwood bare.
And I can still hear my old hound dog barking,
E7                           D A (Em) E7                      D  A (Em)
chasing down a hoodoo there,      Chasin' down a hodoo there

E7              D A (Em) E7              D A (Em)
Born on a bayou            Born on a bayou, oh oh
E7                D   A    (Em) E7
Born on a bayou, all right! Do, do, do, do.


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