Sweet Chile

G                       D7             G
Down by the levee where the riverboats go

                                D7           G
Lived a Louisiana farmer by the name of Papa Dabro

C
Papa had a daughter with a beautiful smile

G
Everybody called her Sweet Chile


C            G
Sweet Chile  Sweet Chile

D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen

G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen

C            G
Sweet Chile  Sweet Chile

D7
She's much sweeter than sugar cane

G
Sweet Chile's putting on curves and things


                D7         G
Papa took Sweet Chile into town

                  D7         G
Just to buy her a graduation gown

C
This fellow said everybody look at this

G
The way that Sweet Chile fills that dress


C                               G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou

D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen

G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen

C                               G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou

D7
She's much sweeter than cherry pie

G
Sweet Chile's getting to be courting size


                        D7             G
Down by the river where the sugar cane grows

                    D7        G
Sweet Chile wearing brand new clothes

C
She's got curves that just won't stop

G
She's bigger at the little and bottom at the top


C            G
Sweet Chile  Sweet Chile

D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen

G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen

C            G
Sweet Chile  Sweet Chile

D7
She's much sweeter than sugar cane

G
Sweet Chile's putting on curves and things


                        D7             G
Down by the levee where the riverboats go

         D7              G
Kids all dance to rock-n-roll

C
Sweet Chile's rocking till the break of day

G
I never saw anybody wiggle that way


C                               G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou

D7
Sweet Chile's going on seventeen

G
Sweet Chile's gonna be a teenage queen

C                               G
Sweet Chile living on the bayou Sweet Chile living on the bayou

D7
She's much sweeter than cherry pie

G
Sweet Chile's getting to be courting size