Queen of the bayou chords by Charlie Louvin
Verse 1
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This town came alive
the day she arrived.
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She was nothing like we'd ever seen.
Her suitcase was battered,
her clothes a little tattered and torn,
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but she moved like a queen.
Words soon got around
to the boys in town
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They gathered like moths to a flame
When she stepped on the stage
C
of the rainy night grill
G
C
I knew life would ever be quite the same
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She was queen of the bayou
from Chauvin to Mamoun
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Every town has a story to tell
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And you won't find a man
in South Louisiana
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Who'd deny he'd been under her spell
She took the best room
at the Empire Hotel
They called the Napoleon Suite
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She laid there for hours
among mountains of flowers
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And jewels of love laid at her feet
When evening came down,
she'd parade through the town
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Crowds were aside to be seen
Just a smile and a wave,
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she'd make you her slave
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C
No wonder we called her the queen
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She's the queen of the bayou
from Nainu to Tibidou
C
She captured each towniesh in town
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And she shined every city
on the old Mississippi
Till they gleamed
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D
like the jewels in her crown
It didn't take long to see
something was wrong
A
We could tell she was restless again
She wrecked all the lives
of the sweethearts and wives
D
Growing the hearts of their men
Checked in her keys
Left us to breathe
G
Nothing but memories to keep
On the day she left town
D
The clocks all slowed down
A
D
The town simply went back to sleep
E
She was queen of the bayou
From Chauvin to Mamou
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D
Every town has a story to tell
A
And you won't find a man
in South Louisiana
D
Who'd deny he'd been under her spell
G
She was queen of the bayou
D
G
From Mahmoud to Thibodaux
D
G
D
She captured each parish and town
A
And she shined every city
On the old Mississippi
D
Surely gleam like the jewels in her crown
Outro 1
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Queen of the bayou
Charlie louvin
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