Born On The Bayou

Words & Music:

John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

 

This is completely transcribed in the July 2005 issue of Guitar One.

 

Intro/Rhy. Fig1: (w/ tremolo effect)  [tabbed by Jaakko Pimperi]

4/4      E7

e-|----|-------0---------0----|--------0----------0-------||

B-|----|----------3------3--3-|-(3)----3--3-------3--3----||

G-|----|----1---------1-------|-----1----------1---------:||

D-|----|-2--------------------|--------------------------:||

A-|--2-|----------------------|---------------------------||

E-|----|----------------------|---------------------------||

 

E7

Now, when I was just a little boy standin' to my Daddy's knee,

My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you an' do what he done to me."

'Cause he'll get you; 'cause he'll get you now, now.

 

E7                                    A  E7                                  A

And I can remember the Fourth of July--, runnin' through the backwood, bare.

E7

And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'

E7                         D  A E7                       D  A

Chasin' down a hoodoo there---, chasin' down a hoodoo there.

 

CHORUS:

E7             D  A

Born on the bayou.  [3x]

 

Guitar Solo:  [tabbed by Jaakko Pimperi]

E7

e-|--------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

B-|--------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

G-|-2~~~~~~------|-2-p1--2-p1--2-p1--2-p1--|--2-p1--2-p1-----1--|--2-p1--2-p1------1--2-|

D-|--------------|-------------------------|--------------2-----|---------------2-------|

A-|--------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

E-|--------------|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

 

e-|--------0-------------|----0-------------------|---------------------|----------------|

B-|------3---------------|--3---------------------|---------------------|----------------|

G-|-2-/4------2--1--2-/4-|-------2--1--2-p1--2-p1-|--2-p1--2-p1---------|----------------|

D-|----------------------|------------------------|---------------2---2-|-(2)------------|

A-|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|----------------|

E-|----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|----------------|

 

Wish I was back on the bayou, rollin' with some Cajun queen.

Wishin' I were a fast freight train, just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans.

 

CHORUS:

 

I can remember the fourth of July, runnin' through the backwood, bare.

And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'

Chasin' down a hoodoo there, chasin' down a hoodoo there.

 

CHORUS:

 




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