C                               G     
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go,  me -  oh,   my - oh.  
                      G7              C  
He gotta go pull the pirogue down the bayou.  
                             G  
Here's Yvonne sweetest one, me  -  oh,  my  -  oh.  
                       G7          C  
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
   

        C                                   G  
        | Jumbay -la   crawfish  pie  filet  gumbo,  
        |                            G7        C  
Refrão  | For tonite I'm gonna see my me-cher a me - oh  
        |                                      G  
        | Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay-oh  
        |                              G7           C  
        | Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou.  
 

C                                        G  
Feeble doe,  fountain  oh,  the place is buzzin'  
                      G7             C  
Kin folk come to see Yvonne  by  the dozen.  
                                                  G   
Dressed in style,  they go hog wild,  me  -  oh,  my   -  oh  
                            G7           C  
Son of a gun,  we'll have big fun on the bayou. 
 
Refrão 
 

C                                       G  
Settle down far from town get him in a pirogue,  
                        G7           C  
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou.  
                                    G  
Swap his mun  to by Yvonne what she need-oh,  
                          G7           C  
Son of a gun we'll have big fun on the bayou. 

Solo Final

E | ------------------------------------ | -3-2-1-0--------------------------- | 
B | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | 
G | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | 
D | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | 
A | ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------- | 
e | -0-1-2-3---------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |