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Saturday Night Fish Fry easy guitar chords by
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan

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Verse 1
C
Dbdim
Bb
F
Em
Am
C
G
D

Now if
Gm
Bb

you've ever been down to New Orleans
Ab
Am
C
Bb
C
Am

Then you can understand just what I mean
D
Gm
Bb

Now all through the week
F
C
Eb

it's quiet as a mouse
D
C

But on Saturday night they
G

go from house to house
D
Verse 2
G
Bb

You don't have to pay
Am

the usual admission
Ab

If you're a cook,
G
Bb
C

or a waiter or a good musician
D
F
C

So if you happen to be just passin' by
Eb
D
C

Stop in at the Saturday night fish fry
G
C
F
It was rockin',
Verse 3
Bb
Am
Gm
C

it was
G
D
Em
G
Am

rockin'
G
Bb
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
D
G
C

of dawn
G
C
It was rockin',
Verse 4
Gm
C

it was rockin'
G
Em
G

You never
C

seen such scufflin'
D
C
G

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Verse 5
Bb

Now my buddy and me
Am

was on the main stem
Ab
Bb
A
Am

Foolin' around just me an d him
D
Gm
G

We decided we could use
Bb
C
Eb

a little something to eat
D
C

So we went to a house on
D

Rampart street
Bb
We knocked on the door and it
Verse 6

F

opened with ease
Am
C
Bb

And a lush little miss said,
F
D

"Come in , please"
G
F

And before we could even bat an eye
Eb
D
C
D
C

We were right in the middle of a big fish fry
G
C
It was rockin',
Verse 7

Gm
Bb
Gm
C
G
D
G
D

it was rockin'
G
D
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
C
G
C

of dawn
G
It was
Verse 8
C
Gm

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

You never
C

seen such scufflin'
G

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
Verse 9
D
G
Bb

Now the folks was havin'

the time of their life
Ab
Bb
Am

And Sam was jivin' Jimmy's wife
D
G

And over in the corner
F
C

was a beat up grand
Eb
D
C
G

Being played by a big fat piano man
D
Gm
Now, some of the chick
Verse 10
Bb

s
Am

wore expensive frocks
Ab
Bb
Adim

Some of them had on bobbie socks
D
Gm
G
F
Bb
C

But everybody was nice and high
Eb
D
C

At this particular Saturday night fish fry
G
It was
Verse 11
C

rockin',
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
C
G
Em
G
Am

it was rockin'
C
G
Am
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til

the break of dawn
G
Verse 12

C
Gm
C
Gm

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

You never
C

seen such scufflin'
D
C

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

of dawn
C
Bb
Now my buddy and me
Verse 13

Ab

we fell right in
C

And we hollered,
G
C
Bb
A
Am

"Let the joy begin!"
D
G
F

Now, we figured this was a good

place to play
Eb
D
C

Cause the party was already underway
G
But
Verse 14
Bb

all of the sud den
A
Ab

the lights went low
Gm
Bb
A

And everybody made straight
Am
D

for the front door
Ab
G

Man, I was so scared
F
C

I didn't know where to go
Eb
D
C

I stood right there then
G

I fell on the floor
C
Eb
It was rockin',
Verse 15
Bb

Gm
C
Gm

it was rockin'
C
G
C
G

You never
Am
C

seen such scufflin'
G
D

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
G
C
It was rockin',
Verse 16

Gm
C
G
Em
C

it was rockin'
G
Am
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
D
Em
G

of dawn
Verse 17
Gm

Now the women was scream
Bb
Am

in' and jumpin' and yellin'
Ab
C
Gm
Bb

The bottles was flyin',
Am

and the fish was smellin'
F
Gm
F

And way above all the
C

noise we made
Eb
D

Somebody hollered,
C
G

"Better get outta here, this is a raid!"
Gm
Bb
I didn't know we were breaking
Verse 18

Am

the law but
Bb

Somebody reached over and
C
Am

hit me on the jaw
D
Gm
G

Now they had us blocked off from
Bb
C
Eb

front to back
D

And they were puttin' 'em in
C

the wagon like potato sacks
G
C
It was rockin',
Verse 19
F
Adim
Am
G

it
C
G
D
C
G
C

was rockin'
G
C
D
C

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
C
Am

of dawn
G
It was
Verse 20
C
Eb
Gm
C

rockin', it was rockin'
G
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
D
G
Verse 21

D
G
Gm
Bb
A

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

But I was shakin' like I
Bb
Am
D

had the St. Vitus dance
Gm

Now I tried to crawl
F
C

in under a bath tab
Eb
D
C

When a policeman said,
D
C

"Where are you goin' there, bub?"
G
Gm
Now they got us out of
Verse 22
Bb


there like a house on fire
Am
Ab
C
Bb
C

And put us all in the black Mariah
D
Gm
G

Now they might have
F
C

missed a pitiful few
Eb
D
C

But they got both me and my buddy too
G
It was
Verse 23
C

rockin',
F
Bb
F
Gm
C
G

it was rockin'
C

You never seen such scufflin'

And shufflin' 'til the break

of dawn
G
G
Verse 24

C
Gm
C

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

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break
G
D
G

of dawn
Verse 25
Bb
Am

We headed for jail in a dazed condition
Ab
Bb
Am

They booked each one of us on sus picion
D
G

Now my chick came
Dm
F

down and with my bail
Eb
D
C

And fi nally got me outta that rotten jail
Verse 26
Gm
Bb

Now if you ever want

to get a fist in your eye
Bb

Just mention a Saturday
Am
D

Night Fish Fry
Gm
C

I don't care how many fish in the sea
Eb

But don't ever mention a fish to me
Verse 27
Bb
C

It was rockin', it was rockin'
G
G

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C
G

And shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
G
C
It was rockin',
Verse 28

Gm
C

it was rockin'

You never seen such scufflin'
D
C

And shufflin' 'til the break

of dawn
Em
C
A

D
Verse 29
G


Give me one of them

there fish sandwiches

Get away from there boy

Yowza!

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