Saturday Night Fish Fry Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Now[Abdim] if[D][Bm][E][Em][A][D][A]
[D]you've ever been [Dm]down to [Em]New Orleans
[Eb]Then you can under[Dm]stand
just [Em]what [A]I mean
Now [D]all through the week,
it's quiet as [G]a mouse
But [D]on Sat[A]urday night,
they go from house to house

[Verse 2]
You [D]don't [Dm]have to pay the [E]usual [Em]admis[Eb]sion
If you're [D]a cook or [Dm]a waiter
or a [Em]good musician
[A]So if [D]you happen to be
[G]just passin' [Bb]by
[A]Stop in at the Saturday Night [G]Fish Fry
[D]It was[G] rockin',

[Verse 3]
[F]it [Em]was r[D]ockin'
You never [G]seen such scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the break of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [D]it was rockin'
You never seen [Em]such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
[D]

[Verse 4]
Now my buddy [Dm]and me was
[E]on the [Em]main [Eb]stem
[D]Foolin' [Dm]around just [Em]me and him
[A]We decid[D]ed we could use
a little [G]something to eat
[Bb]So we went[A] to a house on
[G]Ram[D]part [F#m]Street[D]
We knocked on [Dm]the door and it

[Verse 5]
[E]
opened with [Eb]ease
And a little [D]large miss [Dm]said,
"Come in [E]here, [A]please"
Be[D]fore we could even [G]bat an eye
[Bb]We was right[A] in the middle of a big fish[D] fry
We [G]was

[Verse 6]
rockin',
[Em]it w[G]as r[Em]ocki[D]n'
You never [A]seen [G]such scufflin'
[A]And shufflin' [G]'til the [D]break [A]of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[Em]as ro[D]ckin'
You never seen such [Em]scufflin'
[G]And[A] shufflin' 'til the bre[D]ak of [A]dawn
[D]

[Verse 7]
Now the folks was hav[Dm]in'
the [E]time [Em]of their life
And [D]Sam was [Dm]jiv in' Jimm[E]ie's w[A]ife
And [D]over in the corner was
the [G]beat up grand
Being [A]played by a big fat pi[D]ano [G]man[Em]

[Verse 8]
Now [D]some of the [Dm]chicks wore
ex[E]pens[Em]ive [Eb]frocks
And [D]some of them [Dm]had on bobb[E]ie s[Em]ocks
[A]But eve[D]rybody was nic[G]e and high
[Bb]At this particul[A]ar Saturday Night Fish Fry
[D]They was rockin',

[Verse 9]
[G]
[Em]it w[G]as r[Em]ocki[D]n'
You never [Em]seen [G]such scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [D]break [A]of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[G]as r[D]ockin'
You never seen [Em]such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [D]break [A]of dawn
[D]

[Verse 10]
Now my buddy and [Dm]me,
we [E]fell right [Eb]in
Then we [D]hollered, "Let the [Dm]jar begin!"
[E]Now[Em] we f[A]igured thi[D]s was[C]
[D]a g[G]ood place to p[Bb]lay
[G]Goes the [A]party,
it was already [D]under [Em]way

[Verse 11]
But [D]all of a sudden [Dm]the lights,
they just [E]went [Em]real [Eb]low
And [D]everybody [Dm]head straight
for [E]the front [A]door
Then [D]I was so scared I didn't
[G]know where to [Bb]go
[G]I s[A]tood right there and
then I fell on the floor
[D]It was rockin',

[Verse 12]
[G]it [Em]was r[D]ockin'
You never [Em]seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [D]break [A]of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin',
[Dm]it w[Em]as ro[Dm]ckin'[D]
You never seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the break of dawn
[D]

[Verse 13]
Now the women were [Dm]scream
in' and [E]jumpin' and [Eb]yellin'
The [D]bottles was [Dm]fly in' and
[E]the fish was [A]smellin'
And [D]way up above all the
[G]noise they [Bb]made
Some[A]body hollered, "Better get out of here,
there's [G]a raid"

[Verse 14]
[D]I didn't kno[Dm]w we were
[E]breakin' the [Eb]law
But [D]somebody [Dm]reached up and
hit me [E]right on the [A]jaw
They [D]had us blocked off from the
[G]front to the [Bb]back
And they was [A]puttin' 'em
in a wagon like [D]potato sacks

[Verse 15]
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[Em]as ro[D]ckin'
You never [Em]seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [G]break [A]of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[Em]as ro[D]ckin'
You never [Em]seen such [G]scufflin'
[A]And shufflin' 'til the [D]break [A]of dawn
[D]

[Verse 16]
I knew I could [Dm]get away if I h[E]ad a chance
[Eb]But I was [D]shakin' like I had[Dm]
the St. [E]Vit[Em]us dance
[A]Now I tri[D]ed to crawl under a bat[G]htub
[Bb]When the polic[A]eman hollered,
"Where you goin' there, [Em]bub?"

[Verse 17]
Now [D]they got us out of [Dm]there
like a [E]house on [Eb]fire
[D]Put us [Dm]all in that B[E]lack Maria[A]
Now, they [D]might have missed a [Bm]piti[G]ful few
[Bb]But they got p[A]oor me and my budd[D]y too[A]
[D]It was

[Verse 18]
[G]rockin', [Em]we wa[D]s rockin'
You never seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' [G]'til the [D]break [A]of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[G]as r[D]ockin'
You never seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [D]break of dawn

[Verse 19]
[D]
Now we headed for [Dm]jail
in a [E]dazed condi[Eb]tion
[D]They booked each one[Dm] of us on [E]suspicion
[A]Now my chi[D]ck came dow[C]n
[D]and finally w[G]ent my b[Bb]ail
And [A]fi nally got me out
of that [G]rotten jail

[Verse 20]
Now if you [D]ever [Dm]wanna get
a [E]fist in the [Eb]eye
Just, [D]just mention a Sat
[Dm]urday [E]Night Fish [A]Fry
[Dm]I don't ca[D]re how many
[G]fish in [Bb]the sea
[A]Don't ever mention a fish to me

[Verse 21]
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[Em]as ro[D]ckin'
You never [A]seen [D]such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the break of [D]dawn
It was [G]rockin', [Dm]it w[Em]as ro[D]ckin'
You never seen such [G]scufflin'
And [A]shufflin' 'til the [D]break [A]of

[Outro 1]
dawn
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