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Saturday Night Fish Fry chords by
B.b. King
B.b. King

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Verse 1
C
C
Bb
E
Am
D
G

Now
Gm
Bb
A

if you've ever been down to New Orleans
Bb

Then you can understand
A
Bb

just what I mean
Gm
Bb

All through the week
G
Eb#dim

it's quiet as a mouse
Eb
D
C

But on Saturday night they
A
G

go from house to house
Verse 2
G
Bb

You don't have to pay
A

the usual admission
Bb
G

If you're a cook,
Bb
Bbdim

waiter or a good musician
A
G

So if you happen to be
F
Bb
Eb#dim
Eb

just passin' by
C
A

Stop in at the Saturday night fish fry
G
It was
Verse 3
C

rockin',
Bb
C
Edim
C
G
Em
G
Em

it was rockin'
G
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C
Bb
C
Em

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
C

It was rockin',
Edim
Gm
G
Gm
C
Gm
C

it was rockin'
Gm
Bb
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
G
Verse 4

Gm
Bb

Now my buddy and me was

on the main stem

Foolin' around just me and him
Gm

We decided,
Bb
Edim

we could use a little something to eat
Eb
Bb
D
C

So we went to a house
G

on Rampart Street
Verse 5
G
Bb

We knocked on the door and
Bbdim
Bb

it opened up with ease
G
Bb

And a lush little Miss said,
A

"Come in, please"
G
Bb
Eb#dim
Eb

'Fore we could even bat an eye
Bb
C
A
C

We were right in the middle of a big fish fry
Verse 6
C
Gm

It was rockin', it was rockin'
C
G
Em
C

You never

seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
C
Em
G
F

of dawn
G
C

It was rockin',
Bb
Gm
G
C
Gm
Eb#dim

it was rockin'
Gm
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break

of dawn
Gm
Eb#dim
Verse 7
G

Gm
Bb

Now the folks was havin'
A

the time of their life
D
Bb
G
Bb

And Sam was jivin'

Jimmie's wife
Gm
Bb
Edim
Eb

Over in the corner was a beat up grand
Bb
C
G

Being played by a big fat piano man
Verse 8
G
Bb

Some of the chicks wore
Bbdim
A

expensive frocks
G
Gm
Bb
Bbdim
A

Some of them had on bobbie sock s
Gm
Bb
Edim
Eb

But everybody was nice and high
D
C
G
C

At this particular Saturday night fish fry
G
It was
Verse 9
C

rockin',
Bb
Gm
G
C
G
C

it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break
Gm
G
C
Em
C

of dawn

It was rockin',
Gm
Bb
Gm
Bb
Gm

it was rockin'
G
Gm
G
Gm
G
C

You never

seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of

dawn
G
Gm
Verse 10
G
Gm

Bb

Now the women were scream
C

in' and jumpin', and yellin'
Bb
G
Bb

The bottles was flyin' and
A

the fish was smellin'
Gm
G
Bb

And way above all the
Eb#dim

noise we made
Eb

Somebody hollered,
D
C
G

"You better get outta here, this is a raid"
Verse 11
G
Gm
Bb
A

I didn't know we was breakin' the law
Bb
Gm
Bb

Till somebody reached over
A

and he hit me on the jaw
Abdim
G

They had us blocked off
Edim
Eb

from front to back
C

They was puttin' 'em in the wagon

like potatoes in a sack
Verse 12
C
Bb
Gm
C
Gm

It was rockin', it was rockin'
C
Em
C

You never seen such scufflin'
Bb
C
Bb
G
C

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Eb#dim
Bb
Gm

It was rockin', it was rockin'
Bb
C
Bb
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the

break of dawn
G
Em
Verse 13
G

Gm
Bb
Bbdim

I knew, I could get away if I had a chance
Bb
Gm

But I was shakin' like I
Bb
A
Bb

had the St. Vitus dance
Gm

So I tried to crawl in
Bb
G
Eb#dim

under a bath tab
Eb

When a policeman said,
C
A

"Where are you goin' there, bub?"
G
Now they
Verse 14
Bb

got us out of
Bbdim
A

there like a house on fire
Ab
Gm
Bb
A

Put us all in the black maria
D
G

Now they might have
F
Eb#dim

missed a pitiful few
Eb
Bb
D
C

But they got both me and my buddy too
Verse 15
C

It was rockin',
Bb
C
G
Em
G
C

it was rockin'
Am
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C
Bb
C

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn

It was rockin',
Edim
Bb
Gm
Eb#dim
Gm

it was rockin'
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the

break of dawn
Gm
G
Verse 16

Gm
Bb
A

Well, we headed for jail in a dazed condition
Bb
Gm
Bb

They booked each one
A

of us on suspi cion
Bb
F

Now my chick came down
Eb#dim
Eb

and paid my bail
C

And finally got me outta that rotten jail
G
Now if you
Verse 17
Gm

ever want to
Bb
A

get a fist in your eye
G
Bb

Just mention a Saturday
A

night fish fry
Gm
Bb
Edim

Don't care how many fish in the sea
Eb

But don't ever mention a fish to me
C
It was
Verse 18
Bb
C
G

rockin', it was rockin'
C

You never seen such scufflin'
C

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
C

It was rockin',
Bb
Gm
C
Gm

it was rockin'
C

You never seen such scufflin'
Outro 1

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Bb
Gm
G
C

Am
G
Gm


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Chords
  • C

  • Bb

  • E

  • Am

  • D

  • G

  • Gm

    3
  • A

  • Eb#dim

  • Eb

    6
  • Bbdim

  • F

  • Edim

  • Em

  • Abdim

    6
  • Ab

    4

Capo: 1

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