Big Bayou chords by Bobby Womack

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Intro 1

I took a

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) long,
D 
long trip to the city  (D major) 
C 
G 
I was de (C major) termined to get some (G major) where
D 
I spent all my hard earned  (D major) money
C 
G 
I had saved  (C major) to put me there  (G major) 

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Verse 2

Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

And to the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home

Verse 3

I took a cotton picking job in Memphis

And the people there treated me good

But my luck run bad in Nashville

I had to walked the streets of Hollywood

Verse 4

Big bayou where did you go

To the river that's running slow

Into the Gulf of Mexico

Big bayou carry me home

Verse 5

Gotta get away

Gotta find a way

Gotta get away home

Verse 6
G 
D 
Oh Lord  (G major) I'm going home  (D major) 
C 
G 
Where the  (C major) fish jump in the air  (G major) 
D 
You know I don't need a lot of  (D major) money
C 
G 
Cause I ain't  (C major) going nowhere  (G major) 

Verse 7
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D 
C 
G 
Big bayou  (G major) where did you go  (D major)  (C major)  (G major) 
D 
C 
G 
D 
C 
To the  (D major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) river  (C major) 
G 
that's running slow  (G major) 
D 
Into the Gulf of Mexico  (D major) 
C 
Big bayou  (C major) carry me home

Interlude 1

Verse 8
G 
D 
Big  (G major) bayou carry  (D major) me home
C 
G 
To the  (C major) river that's running slow  (G major) 
D 
Into the Gulf of Mexico  (D major) 
C 
Big bayou  (C major) where did you go
G 
I'm  (G major) gonna