Saturday Night Fish Fry chords by Les Welch

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Intro 1

Now if you've ever been

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down to New Orleans,
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then you can under
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stand just what I mean.
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All through the week
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it's quiet as a mouse,
but on a Saturday night
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they go from house to house.
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You don't have to pay
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the usual admission
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if you're a cook or a waiter
or a good musician.
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Or if you happen to be

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just passin' by

Stoppin' at

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the Saturday

night fish pie

We're rockin'

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We're rockin'

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You never seen such comin' and shivvin'

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Till the break of dawn

We're rockin'

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We're rockin'

You never seen such comin'

and shivvin'

Till the break of dawn

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Now my buddy and me was
on the main stem
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Pulling around just me and him
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We  decided we could use
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a little something to eat
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So we went to a house on Rampart Street
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We knocked on the door
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and it opened with ease
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And the lush little miss said,
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come in please
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And before we could even bat an eye
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We were right in the middle
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of the big fish pride
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We're rockin'
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We're rockin'
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You never seen such coverage
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Ever till the break of dawn
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We're rockin'
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We're rockin' Ž
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You've never seen such cov
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elin' and shovin'
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till the break of dawn Ž
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Now my buddy and
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me we fell right in Ž
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And we hollered let the jaws begin Ž
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Now we figured this was a
good place to play Ž
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Cause all of the party was
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un derway Ž
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When all of a sudden
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the lights went low Ž
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And everybody made straight
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for the front door Ž
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Man I was so scared
I didn't know where to go Ž
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I stood right there then I fell on the floor
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Ž rockin', we're rockin'
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You never seen such

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gobblin' and shovin'

Till the break of dawn

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We're rockin', we're rockin'

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You never seen such gob

blin' and shovin'

Till the break of dawn

Now the folks was havin'

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the

time of their lives

And Sam was

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jivin', Jimmy's wifin'

Over

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in the corner was a

beat -up grand

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played by a big fat pi ano man

Some of the chicks wore

expensive frocks

Some of them had on bobby

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socks

Everybody was

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nice and high

On this particular Saturday

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night

They'd cry, we're rockin'

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We're rockin'

You never seen such cobblin'

and shovin'

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Till the break of dawn

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We're rockin'

You never seen such cobblin'

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and shovin'

Until the break of dawn

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Now the women were screaming

and jumping and yelling

The

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bottle was flying

and the fish was smelling

And way up above all the

noise they made

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Somebody hollered, better get out of here

This is the raid

I didn't know we were breaking

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the law

But somebody reached over

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and hit me on the jaw

They had a block

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off

from the front and the back

And they would put

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them in the wagon

Like potato sacks

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We're rockin'

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We're rockin'
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You never seen such
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gobblin' and shovin'
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till the break of dawn Ž Ž
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We're rockin' Ž
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We're rockin' Ž
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You never seen such gobblin' and shovin'
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till the break of dawn Ž Ž
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Now they got us out there
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like a house on fire Ž
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Put us all in  that black Mariah Ž
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They might have missed a pitiful few Ž
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But they got both me and my body too Ž
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I knew I could get away if I had the chance
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Ž was shaking like a hamster,
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singin' my new dance

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Now I tried to crawl under a bathtub

When

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the policeman said,

where you gonna live, pup

Yeah, we're rockin'

We're rockin'

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You never seen such
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covelin' and shovin'
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Till the break of dawn
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We're rockin'

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We're rockin'

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You never seen such
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covelin' and shovin'
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Till the break of dawn
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We had to put jail in a day's condition
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To book each one of us on suspicion
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Now my chick came down
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and went my bail
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And finally got me out of that rotten jail
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Now, if you ever wanna
get a fish in your eye
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Just mention a Sat urday night fish fry
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I don't care how
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many fish in the sea
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But don't ever mention a fish to me
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We're rockin', we're rockin'
We're
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You'll never see such confidence,
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sir,
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until the break of dawn
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We're rockin', we're rockin'
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You'll never see such confidence, sir,
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until the break of dawn
Get away from there, boy