Johnny Paycheck – Bayou Bum (Guitar)

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[Intro] | G | D | G | G [Verse 1]
       G
Well I fish all day from my boat that's the way I make my living

                                               D7
I got an old greasy dog and a riverboat for my home

       G
I'm as common as a stream-boat on the Mississippi river

                              D7                     G
Yeah I'm a bayou bum and what little bit I got is my own
[Chorus]
           G
Yeah I'm a bayou bum and I wouldn't work if I could

           G                                       D7
Yeah I'm a scavenger on the river and it treats me good

G
Dreaming and a wishing fighting and a fishing that's all I've ever done

                                                 D7           G    G
You can do as you please but as for me I'm gonna stay a bayou bum
[Solo] | G | G | G | G | G | G | | D7 | D7 | G | G | G | G | | G | D7 | G | G [Verse 2]
              G
There ain't a thing on the Mississippi river I ain't seen

       G                                   D7
Yeah I fought my way from Memphis to New Orleans

          G
Yeah I've had people say I'm as no good as they come

                             D7               G
But the words don't hurt the likes of a bayou bum
[Verse 3]
          G
Well I've had many chances to marry but I've turned them down

               G                                               D7
Yeah I've left pretty little girls crying in many waterfront towns

         G
And if I die tonight you can say I've had my fun

     G                     D7              G   G
Yeah loving and living the life of a bayou bum
[Chorus]
           G
Yeah I'm a bayou bum and I wouldn't work if I could

           G                                       D7
Yeah I'm a scavenger on the river and it treats me good

G
Dreaming and a wishing fighting and a fishing that's all I've ever done

                                                 D7           G    G
You can do as you please but as for me I'm gonna stay a bayou bum