Saturday Night Fish Fry chords by Louis Jordan
Verse 1
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Now if
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you've ever been down to New Orleans
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Then you can understand just what I mean
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Now all through the week
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it's quiet as a mouse
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But on Saturday night they
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go from house to house
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Verse 2
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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,
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or a waiter or a good musician
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So if you happen to be just passin' by
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Stop in at the Saturday night fish fry
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It was rockin',
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Verse 3
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it was
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rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never
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seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Verse 5
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Now my buddy and me
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was on the main stem
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Foolin' around just me an d 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
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Rampart street
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We knocked on the door and it
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opened with ease
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And a 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 of a big fish fry
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It was rockin',
Verse 7
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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It was
Verse 8
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rockin', it was rockin'
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You never
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seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Verse 9
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Now the folks was havin'
the time of their life
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And Sam was jivin' Jimmy's wife
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And over in the corner
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was a beat up grand
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Being played by a big fat piano man
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Now, some of the chick
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wore expensive frocks
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Some of them had on bobbie socks
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But everybody was nice and high
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At this particular Saturday night fish fry
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It was
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rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til
the break of dawn
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Verse 12
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never
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seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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Now my buddy and me
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we fell right in
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And we hollered,
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"Let the joy begin!"
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Now, we figured this was a good
place to play
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Cause the party was already underway
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But
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all of the sud den
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the lights went low
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And everybody made straight
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for the front door
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Man, I was so scared
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I didn't know where to go
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I stood right there then
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I fell on the floor
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It was rockin',
Verse 15
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it was rockin'
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You never
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seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
Verse 17
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Now the women was scream
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in' and jumpin' and yellin'
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The bottles was flyin',
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and the fish was smellin'
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And way above all the
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noise we made
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Somebody hollered,
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"Better get outta here, this is a raid!"
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I didn't know we were breaking
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the law but
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Somebody reached over and
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hit me on the jaw
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Now they had us blocked off from
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front to back
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And they were puttin' 'em in
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the wagon like potato sacks
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It was rockin',
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it
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was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
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It was
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rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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Verse 21
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I knew I could get away if I had a chance
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But I was shakin' like I
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had the St. Vitus dance
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Now I tried to crawl
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in under a bath tab
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When a policeman said,
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"Where are you goin' there, bub?"
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Now they got us out of
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there like a house on fire
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And put us all in the black Mariah
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Now they might have
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missed a pitiful few
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But they got both me and my buddy too
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It was
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rockin',
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it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
And shufflin' 'til the break
of dawn
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Verse 24
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
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of dawn
Verse 25
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We headed for jail in a dazed condition
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They booked each one of us on sus picion
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Now my chick came
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down and with my bail
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And fi nally got me outta that rotten jail
Verse 26
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Now if you ever want
to get a fist in your eye
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Just mention a Saturday
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Night Fish Fry
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I don't care how many fish in the sea
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But don't ever mention a fish to me
Verse 27
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It was rockin', it was rockin'
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You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
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It was rockin',
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it was rockin'
You never seen such scufflin'
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And shufflin' 'til the break
of dawn
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Verse 29
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Give me one of them
there fish sandwiches
Get away from there boy
Yowza!
Saturday Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan
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