G I know a girl named Edie G She’s a good friend of mine C Am Living on the bayou G On Evangeline C Am Well she's pretty as a picture G In a magazine G She ‘bout the prettiest little thing D/F# G You ever seenVerse 1:
G Well I’m back upon muddy water G Down where the big fish go C Am Running on the banks G In a little pi-reaux C Am And all day long G What I’m thinking of G Well I’m hoping I can snag me D/F# G A little Cajun doveG She lives down C Am In a 2 bit town G Where the Palmetto Grows D/F# All around G Anywhere C Am In the whole damn world G You won’t never find love D/F# G Like a bayou girlGuitar solo: G D C G C G D G G Someday were gonna get married G She will be my bon ton bride C Am Many people come G And Watch us stand side by side C Am Gonna have a little band G Play feux deaux deaux G Etoufee D/F# G And a hot gumboVerse 2:
G Well I’m sitting in a shotgun cabin G Sippin Little Sherry Wine C Am We sure do have some fun G Sure do have a real good time C Am Laughing and a singing G I guarantee G To the “adoline” D/F# G And the “fiddle dee dee”G She lives down C Am In a 2 bit town G With a Palmetto Grows D/F# All around G Anywhere C Am In the God Al mighty World G You won’t never find love D/F# G Like a bayou girl G Ain’t nothing the world D/F# G Like a bayou girl
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