Written by: Roy Orbison & Joe Melson Note: Listen to the record for timing BLUE BAYOU Linda Ronstadt Intro B ----------------------- -----4------------4---- -2---------2---2------- -------2-------------2- BASS LINE BF#7 ------------------------------ -----4--------------4--------- -2---------2-----1---------2-- -------2----------------2----- B F#7 I feel so bad I got a worried mind I'm so lonesome all the time B Since I left my baby behind on Blue Bayou -------------- --------4----- -------------- --4--6-------- -------------- -------------- B Saving nickels saving dimes -------------- --------5----- -------------- --4--6-------- -------------- -------------- F#7 working till the sun don't shine -------------- -------------- --------6----- --4--6-------- -------------- -------------- B Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou B F# I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou >F# B Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine on Blue Bayou B B7 E F#7 Where those fishing boats with their sails afloat if I could only see F# B That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes how happy I'd be B F#7 Gonna see my baby again Gonna be with some of my friends B Maybe I'll feel better again on Blue Bayou B F#7 Saving nickels saving dimes Working till the sun don't shine F#7 B Looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou B F# I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou F# B Where the folks are fine, and the world is mine on Blue Bayou B B7 E F#7 Where those fishing boats with their sails afloat, if I could only see F# B That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be lead with these chords. B F#7 B B B7 E F#7 Oh that boy of mine by my side, the silver moon and the evening time F# B Oh some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin' inside F# Well I'd never be blue my dreams come true B On Blue Bay-ou