G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------4--------------4---------|--------4--------------4---------|
A|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
E|-----------2----------------2----|-----------2----------------2----|
                                    I feel so bad I got a worried mind  

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------4--------------4-----|------------4---------------4----|
A|--------4-------------4----------|--------4--------------4---------|
E|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
    I’m so lonesome all the time        since I left my baby behind      On


G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------4--------------4---------|--------4--------------4---------|
A|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
E|-----------2----------------2----|-----------2----------------2----|
   Blue bayou                        Save a nickel save’n dimes

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------4--------------4-----|------------4---------------4----|
A|--------4-------------4----------|--------4--------------4---------|
E|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
   Workin’ til the sun don’t shine    lookin’ forward to happier times   On


                                    Chorus
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------4--------------4---------|--------4--------------4---------|
A|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
E|-----------2----------------2----|-----------2----------------2----|
   Blue bayou            I’m goin’   back some day come what may on



G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------4--------------4-----|------------4---------------4----|
A|--------4-------------4----------|--------4--------------4---------|
E|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
   Blue bayou            Where the   thoughts are fine and the world is mind  on


G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|--------4--------------4---------|--------4--------------4---------|
A|-2-------------2-----------------|-2-------------2-----------------|
E|-----------2----------------2----|-----------2----------------2----|
   Blue bayou           With those   fishin’ boats with their sails afloat  if

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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

G|---------------------------------|
D|----------4-----------------4----|
A|-------4---------------4---------|
E|-2------------2------------------|
   Happy we’d be


Second verse – same as the first