[Intro]
  E7               E7               E7               E7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------5------5--|---5------5-----|----5------5----|--5------5------|
G|--------7------7|-----7----------|------7---------|----7-----------|
D|----6------6----|-6------6-------|--6------6---7--|6------6--------|x2
A|2/7-------------|----------------|7---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Strophe]
     E7 
Now, when I was just a little boy
E7                          D A 
Standin' to my Daddy's knee
   E7 
My poppa said, "Son, don't let the man get you an'
E7                    D A 
Do what he done to me"
 E7 
'Cause he'll get you
 E7 
'Cause he'll get you mama
[Strophe]
    E7 
And I can remember the fourth of July
E7                                 D A 
Runnin' through the backwood, bare
    E7 
And I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'
E7                           D A 
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
E7                           D A 
Chasin' down a hoodoo there
[Refrain]
E7                 D A 
Born on the bayou
E7                 D A 
Born on the bayou
E7                 D     A     E 
Born on the bayou, Lord, Lord
[Solo]
  E7               E7               E7               E7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------0---|
b|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------3----------3-----|
g|2---2-1-2-1-2-1-|2-1-2-1-2-1-----|1-2-1-2-1-------|1-2-2/4--4\2-1-2/4-------|
D|----------------|------------2---|----------2---2-|-------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
  E7               E7               E7               E7
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
b|----------------|-------7/9-9---9|--9-7-7-9-7/9-9-|--9--7-10-9-7-9---|
g|4\2-1-2-1-2-1-2-|1------7/9-9---9|--9-7-7-9—7/9-9-|--9--7-11-9-7-9---|
D|----------------|--2-2--------9--|9---------------|9-----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
  E7                 D D  A A  E G#m F#m E D D A A E        E7 
e|------------------|3-3--0-0--0---4--2--0|  |2-2-0-0-0-------|-----------------|--------2-2-0-0-0|
b|7/9-9--9---9-7-7-9|2-2--2-2--0---4--2--0|  |3-3-2-2-0-------|-----------------|--------3-3-2-2-0|
g|7/9-9--9---9-7-7-9|3-3--2-2--1---4--2--1|x3|2-2-2-2-1-------|-----------------|--------2-2-2-2-1|
D|-----9---9--------|0-0--2-2--2---6--4--2|  |0-0-2-2-2-------|2-----2-------2--|----2---0-0-2-2-2|x3
A|------------------|-----0-0--2---6--4--2|  |----0-0-2-------|--2h4-----2-4---4|2-4---4-----0-0-2|
E|------------------|----------0---4--2--0|  |--------0-------|--------0--------|----------------0|
[Strophe]
E7 
Wish I was back on the bayou
E7                            D A 
Rollin' with some Cajun queen
E7 
Wishin' I were a fast freight train
       E7                               D A D A 
Just a chooglin' on down to New Orleans
[Refrain]
E7                 D A D A 
Born on the bayou
E7                 D A D A 
Born on the bayou
E7                 D A D A D A  E 
Born on the bayou
[Tab]
  E7                E7      D D A A E
e|-----------------|--------2-2-0-0-0|
B|-----------------|--------3-3-2-2-0|
G|-----------------|--------2-2-2-2-1|
D|2-----2-------2--|----2---0-0-2-2-2|x7
A|--2h4-----2-4---4|2-4---4-----0-0-2|
E|--------0--------|----------------0|