Carpenters – Jambalaya (Guitar)

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As recorded by the Carpenters (From the 1973 Album NOW & THEN) [Intro] G [Verse 1]
G                                D
Good-bye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh

                                      G
He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou

                                   D
His Yvonne the sweetest one, me oh my oh

                                        G
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Verse 2]
G                                    D
Thibodaux, Fontaineaux, the place is buzzin'

                                    G
A kinfolk come to see Yvonne by the dozen

                                         D
Dressed in style they go hog wild, me oh my oh

                                        G      N.C.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Chorus]
     G                             D
Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

                                          G
For tonight, I'm-a gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

                                   D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

                                        G     N.C.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Flute Solo] G D G D G N.C. [Verse 3]
       G                             D
Settle down far from town, get him a pirogue

                                    G
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou

                                    D
Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o

                                        G     N.C.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Chorus]
     G                             D
Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

                                          G
For tonight, I'm-a gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

                                   D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

                                        G     N.C.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Guitar-Solo] G D G D G N.C. [Chorus]
     G                             D
Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

                                          G
For tonight, I'm-a gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

                                   D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

                                        G     N.C.
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Chorus] N.C. Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo N.C. For tonight, I'm-a gonna see my ma cher a mi-o N.C. Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
N.C.                                    G
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou
[Out-Chorus]
G                                  D
Jambalaya, crawfish pie and fillet gumbo

                                          G
For tonight, I'm-a gonna see my ma cher a mi-o

                                   D
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o

                                        G     N.C.  G
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou