Bayou Lena

D > C# > B > A# A# > A > G C A E hey hey - a bayou lena ain’t she a beautiful girl c’mon take it up to new orleans and drink a bottle of cheap red wine well , she walked in to the room wearing a gator skin suit barfly’s slack jaws droppin’ to the floor with the grease on her fingers and lipstick on her toes when the lights turned red , she began to take it off A E she dances in the corner makin’ minimum wage A B back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E hey hey - a bayou lena ain’t she a beautiful girl c’mon and take it up to new orleans and drink a bottle of cheap red wine she likes to shimmy in the shadows ’til the brink of day cockfight pretty woman that i love with a pissed off disposition and a shit eatin’ grin with a smile on her face she looks you in the eye A E dangling in the corner makin’ minimum wage A B back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E hey - a bayou lena ain’t she a beautiful girl c’mon and take it up to new orleans and drink a bottle of cheap red wine Solo over E ( 8 measures ) D > A > E ( x3 ) D > C# > B > A# A# > A > G C A E G well now , there’s blood sittin’ on the barstool you know she’s looking for ms . lana lee yeah , spinnin’ wheel spinnin’ on the liquor machine F C G sayin’ what goes up , must come down E with this little southern show in a gator skin suit jailbird vagrants stompin’ to the floor mixin’ drinks with muddy water and kitchen cigarettes at the night of joy , what a night of joy A E dances in the corner makin’ minimum wage A B back home with seven hungry mouths to feed C E hey - a bayou lena ain’t she a beautiful girl c’mon take it up to new orleans let’s drink a bottle of cheap red wine C E hey - a bayou lena ain’t she a beautiful girl c’mon take it up to new orleans let’s drink a bottle of cheap red wine C E hey bayou lena ain’t it a beautiful world it’s still a beautiful world it’s still a beautiful world D > A > E ( x3 ) D > C# > B > A# A# > A > G C A E