Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Now[Bb] you[A][C][G][Bb][A]
[C]ever
been down [Bb]to N[A]ew Orleans
[C]You [G]can under[C]stand [Bb]just what [C]I mean
[G]All through the [F]week it's
[C]quiet as a mouse
But [Eb]on S[C]aturday night they
go from house to house
[D]You [G]don't have to [Bb]pay
the usual admission
[C]If you're a [G]cook or a [Bb]waiter
or a good mu[C]sician
So [G]if you [C]happen to [F]be
[C]just passin' by
Stop[Eb]pin' [C]at the Saturday night fish fry
[G]It [C]was rockin', it was [G]rockin'
You never [C]seen sis jumpin' [D]and shovin'
till the [C]break of [G]dawn[C]
Now my buddy and [Bb]me was
on the main [A]stem
[C]Foolin' around, [Bb]just [A]me and him
We [C]decided we could [F]use
a little [C]somethin' to eat
So we went to a house on Rampart Street
We knocked on the [Bb]door
and it opene[A]d with ease
And [G]a pretty little m[Bb]iss said,
[A]come [Bb]in pl[A]ease
[Bb]An d[G] before we[F] cou[C]ld even ba[F]t an eye,
[C]we was standin' in the
middle of a big fish fight
It was rockin', it was [G]rockin'
You never [C]seen sis jumpin' [D]and shufflin'
till the [C]break of [G]dawn[C]
Now the folks was [Bb]havin'
the time of their [A]life,
[C]and Jim was [Bb]jivin' [A]Sammy's wife
[Bb]Over in the [F]corner [C]was a
beat [F]-up [Em]grand,
[Eb]bein' [D]played [C]by a big fat piano man
Some of the chick[Bb]s had on
expensive frock[A]s,
[C]some of them even had on [Bb]bobby [A]socks
But every[G]body [F]was nice [C]and high
at this particular [G]Sat[C]urday night fish fight
It was rockin'
It was [G]rockin'
You never [C]seen sense
jumpin' [D]and shovelin'
[C]till the break of [G]dawn[Bm]
[G]Now my bud[C]dy and me,[Bb] we fell right in,
[C]we hol[G]lered, let[Bb] the joy begin[C]
We figured this was [F]a
good place to play
[E]cause the [C]party was already under way
But all of a sud[Bb]den the lights w[A]ent low
[G]Man, I was [Bb]so scared.
I didn't know where to go
[A]and [C]everybody [Fdim]headed f[E]or the front d[Eb]oor
I stood [C]right there and I fell on [G]the floor[C]
[G]You never [C]see this jump on that shelf
until the [G]break [C]of [G]dawn
[Bb][A][C][G][Bb][C]
[A]Now the [C]women [G]was [Bb]jumping
and [A]screaming and yelling,
the [C]bottles was fly[Bb]ing
and the fish [A]was smelling,
[C]and way up abo[F]ve all[C] the noise they made somebody
[Bb]hollered you bet[C]ter get out of here boy this is a raid.
[D]I d[G]idn't k[C]now w[Bb]e were breaking the law,
[C]then somebody rea[Bb]ched over
and hit me on [C]the jaw.
They had us blocked [F]off
[C]from the front to the back
and they [Eb]putting them [C]in the wagon
like potato sack[G].
It was [C]rockin'. It was rock[G]in'.
I never [C]seen sense jumpin' and shovin'
till the break of dawn.
Now I figured we could get
[Bb]away if we had the chance,
[C]but I was shakin' like I had
the [A]same body stance.
[C]I tried to crawl und[F]erneath the bathtub
[C]when a [Eb]police[C]man hollered,
where you goin' there, [D]bud?
This [C]is gonna be my [Bb]first time in jail,
[C]
and the only thing worries me
is who's gonna go my bail.
They might [G]have [F]got a [C]pitiful few,
[Eb]but they got both [C]me and my buddy too
It was ragged, it was [G]ragged
You never seen [C]sis jumpin' and shufflin'
till the break of [G]dawn[C]
Now we headed for [Bb]jail in
the day's condi[C]tion,
they booked each [Bb]one of [A]us on suspicion
[C]My gal [G]came [F]down [C]and whipped my bail
and finally got me out of that rotten jail
Now look here, [C]pops,
if you ever want to get a fist in your eye,
just mention to me a Saturday [A]night fish fry.
I [C]don't care how [F]many
fishes in [C]the sea,
don't ever mention a fish to me.
It [C]was rockin'. It was rock[G]in'.
You never [C]seen Seth
jumpin' and shovelin'
till the break of [C]dawn.[G][C][G][Bb][C][G]
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[Fdim][C]
[G][Em]
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Thank very much.