Big Bayou chords by Bobby Womack
Intro 1
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I took a
Verse 1
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long,
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long trip to the city
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I was determined to get somewhere
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I spent all my hard earned money
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I had saved to put me there
Verse 2
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D
Big bayou where did you go
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To the river that's running slow
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And to the Gulf of Mexico
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Big bayou carry me home
Verse 3
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I took a cotton picking job in Memphis
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And the people there treated me good
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But my luck run bad in Nashville
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I had to walked the streets of Hollywood
Verse 4
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Big bayou where did you go
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To the river that's running slow
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Into the Gulf of Mexico
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Big bayou carry me home
Verse 5
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Gotta get away
Gotta find a way
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Gotta get away home
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Verse 6
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Oh Lord I'm going home
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Where the fish jump in the air
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You know I don't need a lot of money
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Cause I ain't going nowhere
Verse 7
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Big bayou where did you go
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C
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D
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To the river
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that's running slow
D
Into the Gulf of Mexico
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Big bayou carry me home
Interlude 1
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Verse 8
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Big bayou carry me home
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To the river that's running slow
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Into the Gulf of Mexico
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Big bayou where did you go
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I'm gonna
Verse 9
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catch a southbound
Train home one of these days
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Big Bayou
Bobby Womack
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