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Intro: 0:01
E!!!
0:08
E7  - x8

Verse 1: 0:25
       E7
Now, when I was just a little boy
  E7
Standin' to my daddy's knee,
    E7
My papa said, "Son, don't let the man getcha an'
 E7
Do what he done to me
0:41
  E7
'Cause he'll getcha,
  E7
'Cause he'll getcha now, now.

Verse 2: 0:50
    E      E7
And I can remember the Fourth of July
A G  E         E7
  A-runnin' through the back wood bare,
A G     E       E7
    And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
                   E    E7  D A
Chasin' down a hoodoo there,
  E E7                      E D A
Chasin' down a hoodoo there.

Chorus: 1:10
E E7             Em7 E7    D A
    Born on the bay  -  ou,
E E7             Em7 E7 D  A
    Born on the bay  -  ou,
E E7             Em7 E7
    Born on the bay  -  ou,
 D     A   Em7 | E E7 | E7
Lord, Lord.

Instrumental: 1:27
E7  - x14
1:56
D A | E7  - x4
2:12
E7  - x12

Verse 3: 2:36
 E7
Wish I was back on the bayou,
 E7
Rollin' with some Cajun queen.
E7
  A, wish that I were a fast freight train
           E7
A-just a chooglin' on down
               E7
To New Orleans.

Chorus: 2:53
E7
  Born on the bayou,
E7
  Born on the bayou, mm, mm,
E7
Mm. Born on the bayou, doot, doot, doot,
 E7
Doot. Oh, Lord!

Instrumental: 3:09
E7  - x14
3:37
D A | E E7 | E7
3:43
E7  - x12

Verse 4: 4:07
      E      E7
Well, I can remember the Fourth of July
A G  E         E7
  A-runnin' through the back wood bare,
A G     E       E7
    And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin',
                   E    E7
Chasin' down a hoodoo there,
D A   E E7                      E D A
    Chasin' down a hoodoo there.

Chorus: 4:28
E E7             Em7 E7    D A
    Born on the bay  -  ou,
E E7             Em7 E7 D   A
    Born on the bay  -  ou, ow, yow.
E E7             Em7 E7 D
    Born on the bay  -  ou,
 A     Em7 | E    E7
Gonna run,     go.  Doot, doot, doot, doot, ah.

Coda: 4:44
E7  - x14

Key

key
E
original
key
E
F D#
transpose
capo
on
0 fret
not in use
C
C#
D
D#
E
F
F#
G
G#
A
A#
B

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