Standard (EADGBE)

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 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 mama

 And 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

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

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

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

 And 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

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

Born on the bayou

* E7 = 2 finger (G 1st fret + A 2nd fret)

** E7 = 4 finger (G 1st fret + A 2nd fret + D 2nd fret + B 3rd fret) E chord + B 3rd fret