Tablature blue bayou - Roy Orbison

          



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                                "Blue Bayou"

                         (Roy Orbison - Joe Melson)

  

  Intro:

  

  	(acoustic bass w/high-hat [2X])

  

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	-3---------------|-3---------------

  	-------3-3-----3-|-------3-3-----3-

  	-----------------|-----------------

  

  Verse 1 (chords implied):

  

  	(F)

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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  	-3---------------|-3---------------

  	-------3-3-----3-|-------3-3-----3-

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  	I feel so bad I've got a worried mind

  

  	                (C7/G)

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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  	-3---------------|-5---------------

  	-------3-3-----3-|-------3-3-----3-

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  	   I'm so lonesome   all the time

  

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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  	-5---------------|-5---------------

  	-------3-3-----3-|-------3-3-----3-

  	-----------------|-----------------

  	   Since I left my baby behind on

  

  	(F)

  	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v

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  	-3---------------|-1---1-3---------

  	-------3-3-----3-|---3---x---------

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  	Blue Bayou               ^ snare

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	(Bo-bo-bo dim-da-dee-ay)

  

  	[band enters]

  

  	 F

  	Savin' nickels, savin' dimes

  	C7/G

  	     Workin' 'til the sun don't shine

  	                                     F          [N.C.]

  	Lookin' forward to happier times on Blue Bayou

  

  Bridge 1:

  

  	           F                                C7

  	I'm goin' back some day, come what may, to Blue Bayou

  	                                                 F

  	Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou

  	           F7

  	All those fishin' boats with their sails afloat

  	   Bb           Bbm

  	If I could only see

  	      F                     C7              F               [N.C.]

  	That familiar sunrise thru sleepy eyes how happy I'd be

  

  Verse 3:

  

  	(Bo-bo-bo dim-da-dee-ay)

  	Oh, to see my baby again

  	And to be with some of my friends

  	Maybe I'd be happy then on Blue Bayou

  

  Bridge 2:

  

  	I'm goin' back some day, gonna stay on Blue Bayou

  	Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou

  	Ah, that girl of mine by my side

  	The silver moon and the evening tide

  	Ah, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin' inside

  

  Coda:

  

  	      C7                                [N.C.]

  	I'll never be blue, my dreams come true

  	    Gm     C7   F

  	On Blue   Bay...ou

  

  	(Bo-bo-bo dim-da-dee-ay)  [repeat to fade]

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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 Blue bayou, de Roy orbison 

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