Key: Ab major
Verse 1
A
C
Bdim
A
C
B
Now you
ever
C#m
B
been down to New Orleans?
Bm
Bdim
C
You can understand
Bm
C
G
All through the week it's
G
D
but on Saturday night they
go from house to house.
E
C
You don't have to pay
the usual admission
B
C
if you're a cook or a waiter
Bdim
C
A
So if you happen
F
D
stop in at the Saturday night fish fry.
A
D
It was rockin',
G
B
G
D
G
it was rockin',
C
G
C#m
you never seen sis
D
A
C#m
till the break of dawn.
D
C
Now my buddy and me was on
B
Bm
the main stem,
C
B
foolin' around, just me and him.
D
C
G
We decided we could use
F
E
D
so we went to a house
D
C#m
C
We knocked on the door,
Bm
C
and a pretty little miss said,
C
G
C
G
And before we could even bat an eye,
of a big fish fight.
G
C
It was rockin'!
G
C#m
You never seen sis
D
C#m
E
jumpin' and shufflin'
D
C#m
C#
till the break of dawn.
C#m
C
Now the folks was havin'
B
Bm
the time of their life,
C
B
And Jim was jivin' Sammy's wife.
C
G
Over in the corner
was a beat -up grand
F
E
D
being played by a big fat piano man
C#m
B
C
Some of the chicks had
C#m
C
G
Some of them even had on poppy socks,
B
C
but
D
G
C
Everybody was nice and high
G
E
D
at this particular Saturday
D
G
C#m
night fish fry
D
C#m
shuffling till the break of dawn
C
Bdim
Now my buddy and me, we fell right in ,
Bb
C
we hollered, let the joy begin.
G
Ddim
D
Gdim
We figured this was a
G
C
good place to play,
F
G
F#
D
cause the party was already underway.
C
B
Bm
But all of a sudden, the lights went low,
C
D
C
man I was so scared I didn't
Bdim
Bb
D
Gdim
F#
F
And everybody headed for the front door,
E
D
I stood right there and I fell on the floor.
G
D
It was rockin', it was rockin'
C
D
You never seen
D
A
until the break of dawn
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