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I feel so bad I got a worried mind
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I’m so lonesome all the time since I left my baby behind On
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Blue bayou Save a nickel save’n dimes
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Workin’ til the sun don’t shine lookin’ forward to happier times On
Chorus
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E|-----------2----------------2----|-----------2----------------2----|
Blue bayou I’m goin’ back some day come what may on
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E|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
Blue bayou Where the thoughts are fine and the world is mind on
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Blue bayou With those fishin’ boats with their sails afloat if
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D|-2-2-1---------------------------|-------4--------------------4----|
A|-------4-------------------------|-2---------------------4---------|
E|---------1(hold)-----------------|----------2---2------------------|
I could only see that fa- -miliar sunrise through sleepy eyes How
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D|----------4-----------------4----|
A|-------4---------------4---------|
E|-2------------2------------------|
Happy we’d be
Second verse – same as the first