Blue Bayou

Roy Orbison

In Dreams (1963)

Chords

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F    |./.    |./.                    |./.          |./.               |
            I FEEL SO BAD  I'VE GOT A WORR-IED MIND,   I'M SO LONESOME

                                                           // /  /
C7           |./.               |./.           |F         |F- C7-F |
ALL THE TIME,    SINCE I LEFT MY BABY BEHIND ON BLUE BAYOU.
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F                |./.          |C7                |./.            |
  SAVING NICKLES  SAVING DIMES,   WORKIN' TILL THE SUN DON'T SHINE,

                                                   // /  /
./.                  |./.              |F         |F- Eb-F
   LOOKING FORWARD TO HAPPIER TIMES  ON BLUE BAYOU.
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         |F            |./.              |Gm        |./.
I'M GOING BACK SOMEDAY  COME WHAT MAY  TO BLUE BAYOU.

         |C7                    |./.             |F         |./.
WHERE YOU SLEEP ALL DAY  AND THE CATFISH PLAY  ON BLUE BAYOU.

         |Fsus2                     |F7              |Bb          |Gm
ALL THOSE FISHING BOATS   WITH THEIR SAILS AFLOAT  IF I COULD ONLY SEE,

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       |F                      |C7              |F           |F- C7-F |
THAT FA-MILIAR SUNRISE  THROUGH SLEEPY EYES  HOW HAPPY I'D BE.
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F             |./.        |C7               |./.               |
  GO TO SEE MY BABY AGAIN,   AND TO BE  WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS,

                                            // /  /
./.             |./.            |F         |F- Eb-F
   MAYBE I'D  BE HAPPY AGAIN  ON BLUE BAYOU.
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         |F            |./.           |Gm        |./.
I'M GOING BACK SOMEDAY  GONNA STAY ON  BLUE BAYOU.

         |C7                     |./.              |F         |./.
WHERE THE FOLKS ARE FINE  AND THE WORLD IS MINE  ON BLUE BAYOU.

       |Fsus2       |F7               |Bb                  |Gm
AH THAT GIRL OF MINE   BY MY SIDE, THE SILVER MOON  AND THE EVENING TIDE.

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  |F                    |C7             |F             |F- C7-F
OH SOME SWEET DAY  GONNA TAKE AWAY  THIS HURTIN' INSIDE.
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    |C7               |./.             |./.     |Gm     |C7    |F
I'LL NEVER BE BLUE  MY DREAMS COME TRUE,      ON BL-UE   BA -   YOU,

              |./.        |./.              |./.        |
ON BLUE  BLUE  BLUE  BAYOU,   ON BLUE  BLUE  BLUE  BAYOU,

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./.              |./.        |./.              |F
   ON BLUE  BLUE  BLUE  BAYOU,   ON BLUE  BLUE  BLUE  BAYOU.